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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation body

Article L424-1

A compensation body shall compensate injured parties resident in France who are entitled to compensation for any loss or injury resulting from accidents occurring on the metropolitan territory of a St…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Residential leisure parks

Article L333-1

The State shall determine the classification procedures for residential leisure parks operated as hotels, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decree. The establishment is classifi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-2

The following are eligible for the benefits of this chapter: a) Creators who are nationals of a State party to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation or who have in such a State eithe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-12

As far as France is concerned, the European patent shall be declared invalid by a court decision on any of the grounds referred to in Article 138(1) of the Munich Convention.If the grounds for invalid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article L721-4

The administrative authority may designate as the country of return:1° The country of which the foreign national is a national, unless the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2221-5-1

The provisions of Article L. 1618-2 are applicable to the régies mentioned in Article L. 2221-1 subject to the following provisions: a) They may waive the obligation to deposit with the State funds th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 719

Members of Parliament, senators, representatives to the European Parliament elected in France, bar presidents in their jurisdiction or their specially appointed delegate within the Bar Council are aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-37

When the Autorité des marchés financiers considers that the AIFM may rely on the provisions of Article L. 532-31, it shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority without delay. The AMF s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-8

The freezing orders and prohibitions provided for in Articles L. 562-2, L. 562-3, L. 562-3-1, L. 562-5, L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 or the freezing measures implemented by virtue of acts taken in applicati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Setting up.

Article L2343-1

A European Works Council shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the following cases: 1° Where the head of the Community-scale undertaking or dominant undertaking ref…

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