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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-1

The following offences are punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 1° Any person who engages in the activity of canvassing for banking or financial services as defined in article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

…acility is a multilateral system that brings together, at the manager's discretion, multiple buying and selling interests expressed by third parties in order to conclude transactions in :1° Financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing

Article L313-10

The transactions referred to in article L. 313-7 must be publicised in a manner determined by decree. This decree specifies the conditions under which failure to publicise the transaction will result…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to administrative invalidity and revocation proceedings

Article L716-1

…ade marks submitted to the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall be made in the form and under the conditions defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. The Director General of the Instit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of application of the Code in the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L711-1

…provisions of this Code apply by operation of law in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion Island, subject to the provisions of Title II of this Book and the adaptations mentioned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L515-1-1

The equity capital of a finance company may not be less than the amount of initial capital required at the time of its authorisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-1

…duration of which is determined by law, the collective labour agreement or, failing that, by local and professional practice;2° If the employee has been with the same employer for between six months…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L2192-1

Holders of contracts concluded with the State, local authorities and public establishments, as well as their subcontractors eligible for direct payment, send their invoices in electronic form.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-1

Electronic money issuers are electronic money institutions and credit institutions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L341-1

…anking or financial solicitation: 1° The execution by one of the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 341-3 of a transaction in one of the financial instruments listed in Article L. 211-1 ; 2° The pe…

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