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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-2

Any person who has been convicted pursuant to article L. 328-1 may not be employed in any capacity whatsoever in the company in which he held executive or management functions, or of which he was a me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

I. - Sociétés de crédit foncier are specialised credit institutions whose exclusive purpose is to:1° To grant or acquire guaranteed loans, exposures to public entities and securities, deposits and exp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate

Article L313-2

The legal interest rate is set for all matters by order of the Minister for the Economy. It comprises a rate applicable when the creditor is a natural person not acting for business purposes and a rat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-2-2

For its application in Mayotte, 2° of Article L. 5125-3 is worded as follows:" 2° The opening of a pharmacy by means of creation, if the demographic conditions provided for in Article L. 5511-3 are me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-2

Subject to international conventions, the right to remuneration mentioned in article L. 214-1 and the first paragraph of article L. 311-1 is divided between authors, performers and producers of phonog…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L2311-2

A social and economic committee is set up in companies with at least eleven employees.It is only compulsory to set up such a committee if there are at least eleven employees for twelve consecutive mon…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L431-1

It is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros for any person to obstruct control operations carried out pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 411-1, L. 411-2 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.

Article L933-2

The second paragraph of I and II of article L. 310-2 are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.

Article L943-2

The second paragraph of I and II of article L. 310-2 are deleted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-20

I. - The new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 benefit from the flat-rate allocation provided for in articles L. 2334-7 to L. 2334-12.II. - In the first year of the creation of the new commune,…

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