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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-16

The mayor of a municipality that received, for the previous financial year, an allocation from the solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region provided for in article L. 2531-12 sub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-12

Any advertisement for the objects, devices or methods mentioned in article L. 5122-15 without complying with the obligation to mention the warnings and precautions for use necessary to inform the cons…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Valuation of assets

Article A343-2-2

For listed securities, the estimate provided for in Article R. 343-10 is made according to the same rules as those defined in article 121-6 of regulation no. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorit…

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

Article L232-12

…e carried out by the Director of the Testing Department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, who may delegate this task to agents under his hierarchical authority. The persons mentioned in article L. 232…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-14

When all or part of the remuneration due under a partnership contract or a contract referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code in respect of investment costs, wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100-1

I. - The management report referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100 includes the following information:1° An objective and exhaustive analysis of the development of the company's busi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reclassification leave.

Article L1233-72-1

Reclassification leave may include periods of work during which it is suspended. These periods of work are carried out for any employer, with the exception of private individuals, under fixed-term emp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-14

Collective management organisations take the necessary measures to identify and locate rightholders. In particular, no later than three months after the expiry of the deadline set in I of Article L. 3…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-10

Any infringement knowingly committed against the rights guaranteed by this book is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. When the offence has been committed in an organi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-19

…in the maintenance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that an association…

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