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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-6

…the provision of loan guarantees. It approves the annual transparency report referred to in Article L. 326-1.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-1

…L. 422-1 are handed down by the regulatory control commission. The regu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-5

…ining substances classified as narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in accordance with Article L. 5132-7;c) Used in application of articles 112, 113 and 114 of the aforementioned regulation.II.-T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1

…ed or transferred in these undertakings as well as in financial institutions, as defined in article L. 511-21, which directly or indirectly hold effective control over one or more credit institutions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article L4141-2

…inter-regional cooperation;7° (Deleted);8° Decisions taken by overseas regions pursuant to articles L. 611-16 and L. 611-17 of the Mining Code;9° Decisions taken by the overseas regions pursuant to Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L2271-1

…Minister of Labour on the setting of the minimum growth wage in the cases provided for in Articles L. 3231-6 and L. 3231-10 , after having taken note of the annual report drawn up by a group of exper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-6

…nce with the procedures defined by the Conseil d'Etat decree issued in application of 3° of article L. 2143-9;2° Granting requests for access to the identity of third-party donors in accordance with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-16

…u thereof and communal map; 2° Economic development actions under the conditions set out in article L. 4251-17 ; creation, development, maintenance and management of industrial, commercial, tertiary,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…responsibilities and for the accomplishment of its missions, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may transmit to Europol the information and financial analyses available to it pursuant to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-4

Where the parties have chosen the law of a State which is not a member of the European Union to govern the contract, the court before which that law is invoked is obliged to set aside its application…

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