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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-4

Any person employed by one of the persons referred to in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 or participating in any capacity whatsoever in its direction or management and having, in the course of its pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-10

The provisions of article L. 131-9 are applicable to contracts constituting an authorisation of exploitation pursuant to articles L. 212-3 and L. 212-4, between producers and performers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-3-1

Articles L. 1225-1, L. 1225-2 and L. 1225-3 are applicable to employees receiving medically assisted procreation in accordance with Article L. 2141-2 of the Public Health Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-31-10

The obligations to publicise abroad the measures referred to in Article L. 613-31-3, to inform creditors and to notify other interested public authorities of these measures are met pursuant to Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-1

Article L. 1235-3 does not apply if the court finds that the dismissal is vitiated by one of the nullities provided for in the second paragraph of this article. In this case, if the employee does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-5

Any contractual stipulation whose purpose or effect is to limit the disclosure of information pursuant to articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 is deemed unwritten.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-2

The optimal supply of medicinal products with regard to needs, as provided for in Article L. 5125-3 , is satisfied if the following cumulative conditions are met:1° Access to the new pharmacy is easy…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-3

The provisions of Chapter II of Title III of this Book, in particular Articles L. 632-1, L. 632-3, L. 632-5 and L. 632-12, shall apply to the exercise of the powers and to the agreements referred to i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-2

…prior authorisation, if prior authorisation is obtained by fraud, if the requirements of II of article L. 151-3 are disregarded, if decisions or injunctions issued on the basis of article L. 151-3-1,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-4

I. - This section applies to1° to financial instruments traded on a trading venue or for which a request for admission to trading on a trading venue has been submitted ;2° Financial instruments other…

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