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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…ICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 5721-3 law no. 96-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-5

…Intellectual Property Code.III - By way of exception to II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this article shall be exercised by th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…ticle L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code do not apply. II. - When the merger or demerger does…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…r language customary in financial matters.The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 shall not apply, in connection with the use of a multilater…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-12

…in this Title, with the exception of those mentioned in Articles R. 712-15, R. 712-16-1 and R. 712-18, 1° of article R. 712-24 and articles R. 716-5, R. 716-6, R. 716-11, R. 717-2, R. 717-5 and R. 71…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6

…road passenger transport companies, who provide school transport as provided for in article L. 214-18 of the Education Code or transport on request in accordance with article 29 of law no. 82-1153 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Type-approval examination

Article R1333-139

…akes account of the advice given by the radiation protection advisor referred to in Article R. 1333-18. The results of these checks and inspections and the corrective action taken to bring the premise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-6

…ot been exempted from the liquidity requirement in accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 is in one of the following situations: 1° The investment firm is exposed to a liquidity ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

…able, articles L. 312-5 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of article L. 312-16 and article L. 312-18 apply to this mechanism, in particular to its financing. In addition, the fonds de garantie des d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

For the application of articles L. 441-17 and L. 441-18, a guide to good practice is published and updated regularly. Each distributor shall communicate to the Director General of Competition, Consume…

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