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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article L614-39

A decree in the Council of State sets out:

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-11

When a credit transaction intended to consolidate previous loans includes one or more loans mentioned in article L. 313-1 whose relative share does not exceed a threshold set by decree by the Conseil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 172 bis

A decree specifies the nature and content of the documents that must be produced or presented to the administration by real estate companies not subject to corporate income tax that rent out their pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-6

Decrees in the Council of State shall, where necessary, lay down the terms and conditions for applying the provisions of articles L. 2123-2 to L. 2123-5. In particular, they specify the limits within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets

Article L423-1

The public may not be solicited, in any form whatsoever and by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for transactions on a foreign market for financial securities other than a regulated market…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-2

Financial investment advisers who are natural persons, as well as natural persons with the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as financial investment advisers, must meet the age an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-27-1

The Minister responsible for labour, on his own initiative or at the written and reasoned request of an employers' organisation or an employees' organisation which is representative in the field of ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-12

The use of videoconferencing to convene meetings of the European Works Council may be authorised by agreement between the head of the dominant undertaking in the group and the employee representatives…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary provisions

Article L3153-1

In the absence of a collective agreement as referred to in Article L. 3152-3, a guarantee system is set up by decree. Pending the implementation of a guarantee scheme, when the acquired rights, conver…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Centres and establishments.

Article L2311-4

The sexual health centres are authorised to supply contraceptive drugs, products or objects free of charge to minors wishing to maintain secrecy and to people who are not covered by a statutory or reg…

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