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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-98

The Ordinary General Meeting takes all decisions other than those referred to in Articles L. 225-96 and L. 225-97.The Board may only validly deliberate on first call if the shareholders present or rep…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-74

For timeshare contracts, the offer mentioned in article L. 224-73 also indicates: 1° Whether or not it is possible to take part in an exchange system and, if so, the name of the exchange system and it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-8

Companies with at least fifty employees are subject to a penalty payable by the employer in the absence of an agreement relating to professional equality between women and men at the end of the negoti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-13

Unless otherwise stipulated in the deliberation delegating powers, the chairman may sub-delegate the powers conferred by the departmental council under the conditions set out in article L. 3221-3.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-2

Performers have the right to respect for their name, their status and their performance. This inalienable and imprescriptible right is attached to their person. It is transmissible to their heirs for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-1

With the exception of the complementary artist, considered as such by professional usage, the performer is the person who represents, sings, recites, declaims, plays or performs in any other way a lit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-4

Infringement may be proved by any means. To this end, any person having standing under this title shall be entitled to have carried out at any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate assisted by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-2

A civil action for infringement shall be brought by any person authorised to use the geographical indication concerned or any body whose task it is under the law to defend geographical indications.Any…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-3

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings to have ordered, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleged infringer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-6

In setting the damages, the court shall take into account separately: 1° The negative economic consequences of the infringement, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party; 2°…

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