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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-3-1

…onal Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957. The use of general terms, including the general indications contained in the class headings of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article L821-7

…ting international routes from a State that is not a party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 in the form of regular lines, occasional services or shuttle services, excluding border…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L775-38

…he wording resulting from L. 563-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 563-2 Ordinance no. 2019-1015 of 2 October 2019 L. 563-3 to L. 563-5 Order 2009-104 of 30 January 2009 II - For the applica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Directorate-General for Labour

Article R8121-13

…for the application of Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of 11 July 1947 on labour inspection, as well as Convention No. 129 of 25 June 1969 on labour inspection in agri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-7

I. - The conditions of professional competence set out in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 apply to the persons referred to in article L. 519-3-3. Where applicable, when an intermediary carri…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L424-3

I.-Articles L. 232-18-7, L. 232-18-9 to L. 232-20 and L. 232-20-2 are applicable in French Polynesia. II.For the application of I: 1° In article L. 232-18-7: a) The words: "tribunal judiciaire" are re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…the processing of personal data except where this is in compliance with Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-10

…ion that the conditions set out in article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-37

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 49-38, where a request for information from a competent department of one of the Member States of the European Union or of one of the non-Member States mentione…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-25

…sentatives with funds in excess of the share set pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 7124-9 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. Any person employing children mentioned in 5° of article L…

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