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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6-1

…use the software may make a backup copy where this is necessary to preserve the use of the software.III. The person having the right to use the software may, without the author's permission, observe,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-26

…and, where applicable, the opinions expressed at the General Meeting have been taken into account. III.-No element of remuneration of any kind whatsoever may be paid or awarded by the company, nor ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L341-2

…rovision of services meeting the conditions laid down in Section 9 of Chapter II of Title I of Book III of the Consumer Code, or constituting a hire-purchase or hire with purchase option as referred t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-han…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-2

I.-The coordination agreements mentioned in III of Article L. 356-7-1 specify the procedures applied by the supervisory authorities concerned: 1° For decisions relating to applications for approval of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6

…cial company that neither controls nor is controlled by another company within the meaning of II or III of article L. 233-16, and whose turnover at the end of two consecutive financial years exceeds a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-9

…s. The balance of the operating budget is assessed taking into account payment appropriations only. III. III - At the time of the vote on the administrative account, the President of the Corsican Exec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1180-4

…to obtaining the agreement of each of the parents in accordance with the procedures set out in II, III and IV of this article. II.-Each of the two parents, jointly or separately, declares before a ju…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8-1

…financed by means of loans referred to in sub-section 3 of section 1 of the single chapter of title III of book III of the construction and housing code, the loss of revenue for the agglomeration comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article R470-2

I. - The administrative authority mentioned in the fourth paragraph of 1 of III of article L. 470-1 and article L. 470-2 is: 1° The Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control…

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