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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-10

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €9,000 if he or she: 1. Stating that subscriptions which he knows to be fictitious are genuine or declaring that funds which have n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2253-1

…rate municipal services or activities of general interest under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2253-2.By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this article, communes and their grouping…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-4

…authorities may be debated within the territorial conference on public action mentioned in article L. 1111-9-1. This debate focuses in particular on the articulation and coordination of these policie…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-5

…terms of economic development: economic development actions under the conditions set out in article L. 4251-17; creation, development, maintenance and management of industrial, commercial, tertiary, c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…software other than the backup copy established under the conditions provided for in II of Article L. 122-6-1 as well as copies or reproductions of an electronic database;3° Provided that the name of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-4

…of credit is less than €200 or more than €75,000, with the exception of those mentioned in Article L. 314-10 whose purpose is to consolidate loans and those intended to finance expenditure relating t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-2

…s with regard to the nature of the case and who meets the conditions defined in 1° to 4° of Article L. 812-3. It shall give special reasons for its decision with regard to this particular experience o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…e, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XVIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2123-1La loi n° 2022-217 du 21 février 2022 relative à la différenciation, la décentralisation, l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-10-1

When the persons and entities mentioned in II of Article L. 621-9 provide their services on the Internet, investigators and auditors may, in order to access the information and elements available on t…

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