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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-7

…oyees on the board of directors provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-27-1 is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market only if at least four-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-7-1

…ng products and the materials and implements used principally in their creation or manufacture be recalled from commercial channels, permanently removed from such channels, destroyed or confiscated fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-7

An action or application for a declaration of invalidity brought by the proprietor of a well-known trademark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-7

…means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate assisted by experts appointed by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to water distribution

Article L2224-7-2

…inking water. Expenses incurred by the municipalities or their public cooperation establishments in carrying out the territorial diagnosis are not subject to the prohibition provided for in the first…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to water production

Article L2224-7-5

Any public person responsible for the production of water who provides all or part of the abstraction may contribute to the management and preservation of water resources. This contribution is compuls…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-7-1

…when an undivided property for residential use or for mixed residential and professional use is vacant or has not been effectively occupied for more than two calendar years, an undivided co-owner ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-7

…r the provisions of this code to order the seizure of property, are competent to issue, in the same cases and under the same conditions, freezing orders relating to property or evidence located on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-18

The decision provided for in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

…public proceedings or the support of such proceedings. It may not seek compensation for the damage caused by the offence. Civil action for compensation for the damage caused by an act of terrorism ma…

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