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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L711-1

A trade mark for goods or services is a sign used to distinguish the goods or services of one natural or legal person from those of other natural or legal persons.This sign must be capable of being re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VI: REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article L610-1

In accordance with Article L. 253-1, the provisions of Article L. 611-3, the second paragraph of Article L. 613-3, the first sentence of Article L. 613-6 and Chapter IV of this Title, with the excepti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: OBLIGATION TO LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L611-1

The administrative authority may require a foreign national to leave French territory when the following cases apply:1° The foreign national, unable to justify having entered French territory legally,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-1

The administrative authority may detain, for a period of forty-eight hours, a foreign national who is in one of the cases provided for in article L. 731-1 when he or she does not present effective gua…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-1

Persons or entities that have not been authorised to do so by law are prohibited from making a public offer, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, of financial securities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2631-1

The collective labour agreements of a company whose head office is located in a department of mainland France, in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: The Commercial Court Registry.

Article L741-1

The clerks of the commercial courts are public and ministerial officers.They cease to hold office when they reach the age of seventy. With the authorisation of the Minister of Justice, they may contin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L611-1

For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions shall apply:1° National dispute: a dispute of a contractual nature between a consumer and a seller or supplier concerning the performance of a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH OVER-INDebtedness

Article L731-1

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 732-1, L. 733-1 or L. 733-4, the amount of repayments is set, under conditions specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, by reference to the perce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3131-1

I. - The acts adopted by the departmental authorities are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been brought to the attention of the interested parties in accordance with the conditions…

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