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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Consignment subject to authorisation by the liberty and custody judge

Article L512-37

…g into conformity following the commitment of the person responsible for their first placing on the market or their holder.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-10

…may request information directly from investment services providers that are members of a regulated market and are not established in France. In such cases, it shall inform the competent authority of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Resolution measures

Article R613-61

…oned and accompanied by a detailed assessment of the situation of the bridge institution, including market conditions and prospects, justifying the extension of the institution's activity.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article R621-30-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate to the European Securities and Markets Authority :-decisions relating to the authorisation of investment firms ; -at least once a year, the list o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 571

The court clerk shall notify the president of the court or the first president of the court of appeal of the filing of the application. The judgment or ruling is not enforceable and no decision may be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-2

…e as those guaranteed. The application for registration of a guarantee mark shall be accompanied by rules of use. An application for registration of a guarantee mark is accompanied by rules of use. An…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-2

A company resulting from a cross-border merger is not required to introduce rules on employee profit-sharing if, on the date of its registration, none of the companies involved in the merger is govern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L3111-3

With the exception of Chapter II of Title III and Titles VI and VII, this Book defines the rules of public policy, the scope of collective bargaining and the suppletive rules applicable in the absence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3141-12

Leave may be taken as soon as the employee is hired, without prejudice to the rules for determining the period of leave and the order in which it is taken, and to the rules for splitting leave as set…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Trial of crimes

Article 921

…lication of articles 296 and 297, the trial jury is made up of three jurors when the criminal court rules at first instance and six jurors when it rules on appeal.

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