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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…t of the Guiana Assembly, the president of the Martinique executive council or the president of the Mayotte departmental council. In Corsica, the chamber of territories provided for in Article L. 4421…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies

Article L532-21-3

…management companies referred to in I with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 533-22-2-1 and 3° of the first paragraph of Article L. 533-10 when these management companies manage an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-4

…which the services are subject under the provisions of Chapters I to III of Decree no. 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 on on-demand audiovisual media services;5° Be up to date with payment of the tax on phy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1533-1

…R. 1333-173, references to the Labour Code are replaced by references toarticle 134 of law no. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952 ; 2° In articles R. 1333-7, R. 1333-13, R. 1333-14, R. 1333-37, R. 1333-89, R…

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

Article R712-16-1

…own in Article R. 712-2. As part of these observations, the proprietor of the contested application may invite the opposing party, who is invoking an earlier trade mark, to produce such documents as m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

…being destroyed or serious harm to persons or property, the operations mentioned in Article 230-32 may be set up or prescribed by a judicial police officer. The latter shall immediately inform, by an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

…Article L. 511-16, the first presentation took place on the last day of the time limit, the protest may still be drawn up on the following day. The protest for non-payment of a bill of exchange payabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L633-10

…e it does not carry out the verification itself, the competent authority that submitted the request may, if it so wishes, be involved.II. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Acts and formalities relating to the seizure of immovable property and sale by auction

Article A444-191

…a sale by mutual agreement under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 322-1 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, the pursuing lawyer shall receive the fee charged…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6222-66

…g centre in France and, where applicable, the training centre abroad, pursuant to II of article L. 6222-42, specifies, in particular: 1° The start and end dates of the mobility period; 2° The purpose…

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