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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-1

European Companies registered in France in the Trade and Companies Register shall have legal personality from the date of their registration. The European Company shall be governed by the provisions o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-12

At the end of the transitional period provided for in C of article L. 2333-16, the maximum rates and the rates applied are increased each year in a proportion equal to the growth rate of the consumer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-11

In the absence of a written request from the owner of a copyright or related right and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its cont…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The obligation to insure. The Central Rates Office.

Article L252-1

Any person subject to the obligation to take out insurance as set out in article L. 1142-2 of the Public Health Code who, having applied to take out a policy with an insurance company covering the civ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-10

It is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros for any person:a) Unlawfully possessing, importing or exporting goods presented under an infringing trademark;b) Offering for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-19

The issue price of shares issued under the conditions provided for in Article L. 232-18 may not be less than the par value.In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of a joint committee for health, safety and working conditions in agriculture.

Article L2411-15

An employee who is a member of a joint health, safety and working conditions committee in agriculture may only be dismissed with the authorisation of the Labour Inspector. This authorisation is also r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-18

When a company referred to in article L. 160-10 or a société civile de placement immobilier (non-trading real estate investment company) adopts the system for variable-capital real estate investment c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-13

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 356-11, where the prudential regime of a third country has been recognised as temporarily equivalent by a delegated act of the European Commission, the Aut…

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