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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-4-2

…iding a service for this purpose;4° By inciting the use of or ordering, designing, organising, reproducing, distributing or broadcasting advertising in favour of one of the processes referred to in 1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article Annexe 4-2

…tises one of the professions mentioned in the première phrase de l'alinéa 1er de l'article L. 444-1 du code de commerce au sein de cet office ou étude. J Total number of persons practising the profess…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

I. - Where, for an insurance undertaking which does not belong to a group within the meaning of Article L. 356-1, the commitments constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter repr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-4

…Code apply.Mutual insurance companies shall appoint one or more statutory auditors to carry out the duties defined in Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II of Book VIII of the Commercial Code, under co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-7

In the event that the Chairman of the Board of Directors ceases to hold office, following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose his appointment pursuant to Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-6

In the event of one or more directors elected by the employees ceasing to hold office, following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose their election, pursuant t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-5

In the event of one or more members of the Supervisory Board ceasing to hold office, following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose their appointment pursuant t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-4

…icle L. 122-5, and subject to the provisions of II and III of this article, the performance or reproduction of extracts of works may be made without the authors' authorisation for the exclusive purpos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-5-4

A commission for the execution and enforcement of sentences is set up within each judicial court with the aim of: 1° exchanging information between all the players concerned on the conditions for impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4-2

…will specify the conditions for application of this article, in particular the minimum and maximum duration of the contract, the procedures for defining the neighbouring areas concerned and the speci…

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