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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.

Article L142-1

…dged, without any conditions or formalities other than those prescribed by this Chapter and Chapter III below.The pledge of a business does not give the pledged creditor the right to have the business…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-3

…ent of their rights to one or more collective management organisations governed by Title II of Book III of this Part.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-23

…nseil d'Etat decree specifies the eligible transactions covered by the Mutual Insurance Code, Title III of Book VII of the Social Security Code or Article 1050 of the Rural Code and the procedures for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-7

…the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or on the basis of III of the same article may take any action necessary to preserve the debtor's rights. They shall re…

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

Article R313-8

…res of the insurance intended to guarantee repayment of a loan subject to the provisions of Chapter III of Title I, a model of which is appended to this code..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2564-17

…erence to the year 2013 is replaced by the reference to the year 2015; 2° In the fifth paragraph of III, the date of 31 December 2012 is replaced by the date of 31 December 2018.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article D2512-15-13

…elinquency prevention plan applicable in Paris are governed by the section 6 of Chapter II of Title III of Book I of the Internal Security Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-4

…or a person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or on the basis of III of the same article. The court-appointed agent or the person chosen on the basis of the first pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-4

…ers, its appointed experts and the experts appointed to the Consultative Commissions referred to in III of Article L. 621-2 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: OTHER FORMS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5221-2

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