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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-19

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 123-54, the tariff of formalities for filing and transferring the declarations and recording the particulars referred to in this section and for filing and tran…

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

Article L612-16

An applicant who has not complied with a time limit vis-à-vis the National Institute of Industrial Property may lodge an appeal with a view to having his rights restored if he proves a legitimate excu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-1

Any breach of business confidentiality as provided for in articles L. 151-4 à L. 151-6 engages the civil liability of its author.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-148

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-33 to L. 214-85 apply to professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-15

Clauses stipulated in application of articles L. 229-11 to L. 229-14 may only be adopted or amended by a unanimous vote of the shareholders.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-11

Article L. 733-4 as well as the last sentence of 2° of article L. 733-7 are not applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

For the purposes of Article L. 126-1, full compensation for personal injury is provided through the Fonds de garantie des victimes des actes de terrorisme et d'autres infractions (Guarantee Fund for V…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

Any grouping of retail merchants established with a view to carrying out one or more of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a sociét…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Sports and health centres

Article L1173-1

I.-In order to facilitate and promote access to physical and sporting activity for health purposes and to adapted physical activity within the meaning of article L. 1172-1, the Maison Sport-Santé prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

Access to certain categories of sources mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1333-1, the transport of such sources or access to information relating to the means and measures implemented to protect against m…

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