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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-7

Before the vote on the first budgetary deliberation following its renewal, the Assembly of Martinique establishes its budgetary and financial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-2-1

Special conditions may be attached to the following offers of financial securities or shares to the public: 1° A public offer of less than a certain amount. The total amount of the offer is calculated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-1

Contracts concluded for valuable consideration by the national council with one or more economic operators to meet its needs for supplies or services shall comply with the principles of freedom of acc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9-1

Unless otherwise stipulated, where persons not covered by article L. 113-9 and who are hosted under an agreement by a private or public legal entity carrying out research create software in the perfor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-2

…Agency may have recourse, for the purposes of an ongoing investigation, to experts registered on a list of legal experts, to the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 or to competent persons or auth…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-14-2

Natural persons guilty of the offence provided for in Article L. 615-14 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be infringing and any thing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-32-1

Natural persons guilty of the offence provided for in Article L. 623-32 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be infringing and any thing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-4-1

The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall apply the due diligence measures intended to implement their obligations under this chapter on the basis of an assessment of the risks presented by th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-10

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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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-26-1

I.-The trader shall refrain from using any content, other than personal data for which he complies with the obligations resulting from Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Co…

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