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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-1

Concerted actions, agreements, express or tacit understandings or coalitions are prohibited, even through the direct or indirect intermediary of a group company established outside France, when their…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-3

The Authority may be consulted by the courts on anti-competitive practices defined in Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 as well as Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-2-1

The following are prohibited in communities falling under Article 73 of the Constitution and in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Fu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article R420-1

Agreements submitted to the Minister responsible for the economy, pursuant to II of Article L. 420-4, are accompanied by the following information:

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article R420-4

For the application of Article L. 420-7, the list of competent judicial courts in mainland France and the overseas departments is set in accordance with the tables in Appendix 4-1of this book.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article R420-3

For the application of Article L. 420-7, the seat and jurisdiction of the commercial courts with jurisdiction in mainland France and the overseas departments are determined in accordance with the tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article D420-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority of the trading halt parameters referred to in II of Article L. 420-3 that are notified to it by trading v…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments

Article D420-4

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall immediately inform the authorities of the other Member States of the European Union and of the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D420-6

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate the information referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 420-18 to the competent authority of the State concerned within one month, in ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article R420-2

…nth before they are sent to the Competition Authority, the draft decrees provided for in II of article L. 420-4 must be published in the Bulletin officiel de la concurrence, de la consommation et de l…

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