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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-54

No act on the part of the bearer of the bill of exchange may replace the act of protest, except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-32 to L. 511-37 and by articles L. 511-40 and L. 511-41.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-34

When a contract for the transfer of broadcasting rights for a cinematographic work to a television service publisher provides for additional remuneration based on the results of the exhibition of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-35

Unless otherwise stipulated in an agreement referred to in Article L. 3121-32, the working week begins at 00.00 on Monday and ends at 24.00 on Sunday.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-6

The benefit of the private copy exception and the exceptions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 331-28 is guaranteed by the provisions of the articles L. 331-7 to L. 331-10, L. 331-30 to L. 331-32 and L. 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-2

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security, and of the minister for defence in the case of professionals in the armed forces health service, defines the priority multiannual…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-9

In the absence of an agreement, the provisions of articles L. 2353-29 to L. 2353-32 relating to employee participation on the board of directors and supervisory board within the European Company apply…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67

Articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article L. 227-1, article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-2

During a takeover bid, the measures whose implementation is likely to cause the bid to fail and the restrictions on the transfer of shares and voting rights are governed by Articles L. 233-32 to L. 23…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-36

I. - When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a patent, supplementary protection certificate or utility certificate is implemented after an application referred to in Article L. 614-32 has…

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