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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-14

1. Knowingly infringing the rights of the owner of a patent, as defined in Articles L. 613-3 to L. 613-6, shall be punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. When the offence…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-18

The controls mentioned in articles L. 511-16 and L. 511-17 are carried out: 1° At the point of entry into the territory prior to any placing under a customs procedure; 2° When the goods are placed und…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-14

…ons are then valid regardless of the number of those present. Subject to the provisions of articles L. 3122-1 and L. 3122-5, deliberations of the departmental council are taken by a majority of the vo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Pursuit of the activity of entrepreneur of live performances on an ancillary basis

Article L7122-19

…ceiling of performances, without being subject to the declaration obligations mentioned in articles L. 7122-3 and L. 7122-6: 1° Any person whose principal activity or purpose is not the operation of v…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Provision of cash as part of a payment transaction

Article L112-14

I.-The merchants referred to in article L. 121-1 of the French Commercial Code may provide cash to the Payment Service User as part of a payment transaction for the purchase of goods or services. II-T…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…of this article, and provided that an application for classification within the meaning of article L. 133-13 of this code was submitted by 31 December 2017 at the latest and declared complete by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5111-1

…s public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and mixed syndicates, mentioned in articles L. 5711-1 and L. 5721-8, metropolitan poles, territorial and rural balance poles, departmental agenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital variable d'actionnariat salarié (open-ended investment companies with employee share ownership)

Article L214-166

…s issued by the company or by any company affiliated to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of the Labour Code. The fourth and fifth paragraphs of II of article L. 214-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-1

…en Polynésie française et en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 352-2, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Refusal and termination

Article L551-15

…in the following cases:1° He refuses the region of orientation determined in application of article L. 551-3;2° He refuses the offer of accommodation made to him in application of article L. 552-8;3°…

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