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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Incompatibilities

Article R784-15

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: " the Institut d'émission d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-158

…sible for the supervision of the legal entity adapts the information provided for in Article R. 123-157.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-156

The notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales shall contain for natural persons: 1° The registration references; 2° The name, customary name, pseudonym and forenames of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-15

…ation of the provisions of the eleventh paragraph of article L. 1413-1 and those of article R. 1413-17, which do not fall within the remit conferred on the Board of Directors by article R. 1413-12 and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-15

…rity, anyone who knowingly breaches one of the obligations or prohibitions laid down in articles L. 614-18, L. 614-20 and the first paragraph of Article L. 614-21 will be punished by a fine of 6,000 e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-150

…and for products which must be covered by the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8, after this authorisation has been issued;2° For the medicinal products mentioned in article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Capital increases

Article L212-15

Companies may carry out capital increases by issuing shares reserved for employees under the terms and conditions set out either in Articles L. 225-187 to L. 225-197 of the French Commercial Code or i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-159

Natural or legal persons practising as commercial court clerks may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participation financière de profession libérale d'…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-31

When the decision of the Investigating Chamber grants the extradition of the person claimed and this decision is final, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the Minister of Justice, who shall inform the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Condoms.

Article R5134-15

The provisions of articles R. 5122-5, R. 5122-6, R. 5122-7, R. 5122-9 and R. 5122-13 to R. 5122-16 are applicable to condom advertising. Applications for approval must be accompanied either by the cer…

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