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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-35

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 614-32 and in the second paragraph of I of article L. 614-34, the owner of the patent or of the supplementary protection certificate attached to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L613-64

The collège de résolution may, with the agreement of the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution, transfer to this fund all or part of the equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Title I of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-7

Where the applicable form of employee participation consists of recommending or opposing the appointment of members of the administrative or supervisory body, the company committee determines the cond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-1

Bons de caisse are non-negotiable registered securities with an undertaking by a trader to pay on a specific date, issued in return for a loan. The conditions under which they are issued and offered f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the adoption of one or more early intervention measures

Article L613-45

When the resolution board is informed that a credit institution or investment firm has adopted an early intervention measure as provided for in Article L. 511-41-5, the resolution board may order the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 511-33, L. 511-34, L. 511-41, I of Article L. 511-57, the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Detection of breaches and offences

Article L414-4

The agents mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-134

I.-If irreducible subscriptions and, where applicable, reducible subscriptions have not absorbed the entire capital increase: 1° The amount of the capital increase may be limited to the amount of subs…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Obtaining a new residence permit with a change of reason

Article L433-6

A foreign national applying for the issue of a temporary or multi-annual residence permit on a basis other than that for which he/she was issued with the residence permit or long-stay visa referred to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Obtaining a residence permit

Article L433-7

Subject to the exceptions provided for in article L. 426-18, a foreign national residing in France on a long-stay visa as defined in 2° of article L. 411-1, a temporary residence permit or a multi-ann…

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