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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-5

The rules applicable in mainland France by virtue of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 are applicable in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the French Southern and Antarctic Territ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Premium rate telephone number

Article L132-21

Any breach of the obligations relating to the consumer assistance telephone number mentioned in article L. 121-16 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Financing.

Article L3253-18

The insurance is financed by employer contributions based on the remuneration used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme. The collection, control and litigation of these cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-18

It is forbidden for any person exercising one of the activities and professions mentioned in article L. 7124-16 to employ children without carrying a birth certificate and without proving their origin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-19

The deliberative assemblies are kept informed as soon as they meet of the opinions formulated by the regional audit chamber and of the orders issued by the representative of the State in application o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28

Business legal entities which, although not required to do so because of their legal form or the size of the group as a whole, publish consolidated accounts, shall comply with the provisions of articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-13

From the day on which the application is filed and until the day on which the documentary search prior to the report provided for in Article L. 612-14 has been commenced, the applicant may file new cl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-29

The following shall not apply to the universal transfer of the business assets of a sole trader, any clause to the contrary being deemed unwritten: 1° Article 815-14 of the Civil Code; 2° Article 1699…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L627-2

The debtor shall exercise, after receiving the assent of the mandataire judiciaire, the option available to the administrator to continue current contracts and to request the termination of the lease…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-15

…oard or the Executive Chairmen terminate from the date of the court decision taken pursuant to article L. 237-14 or the dissolution of the company, whichever is later.

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