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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies

Article L571-14

…mpany of a finance company or a mixed financial holding company to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with article L. 517-5 or L. 517-9, is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-1

…soever, for one or more employers, irrespective of the amount and nature of his remuneration or the form and nature of his contract.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-13

The company is formed under the suspensive condition of its registration on the national list of industrial property attorneys. In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 1 of Law no. 66-879 of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-1

Companies formed, pursuant to Title IV of Law No. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, with a view to holding shares in companies practising the profession of industrial property attorney are governed by the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-15

…ent and, where appropriate, to the licensees. The President shall lay down the conditions, date and form of this communication and the period within which interested parties shall be allowed to submit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R313-5

All the information mentioned in article R. 313-4 is presented, on paper or on another durable medium, in the form of a single document, in accordance with the European standardised information sheet…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a loan for use.

Article 1879

The commitments which are formed by a loan for use pass to the heirs of the one who lends, and to the heirs of the one who borrows.But if one has lent only in consideration of the borrower, and to him…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2442

…an or legal administrator in the cases provided for in the preceding articles shall be given in the forms regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure. If the court pronounces the reduction of the mortgag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-27

When the territorial collectivity of French Guyana distributes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the Assembly of French Guyana, a space is r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supply and delivery of works.

Article L7421-2

A copy of the form or booklet is given to the worker. One copy is kept for at least five years by the principal and, where applicable, his intermediary, and presented by them at any request from the l…

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