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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-20

…A parent undertaking is an undertaking which has exclusive control, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, over one or more other undertakings or which exercises a dominant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

Subject to the provisions of Articles L. 322-7 to L. 322-10, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund manages the investor guarantee mechanism instituted by Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 31…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-8

…eason for leaving office. This judicial administrator remains subject to the provisions of articles L. 811-10 to L. 811-16, L. 814-1-1 et L. 814-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-9

Only embryos conceived in compliance with the fundamental principles set out in Articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code and the provisions of this Title may enter or leave the territory to which this Co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-12

…aring the wording "seeking employment or setting up a business" is issued pursuant to 2° of article L. 422-10, the interested party providing proof of the creation and viability of a business meeting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-15

…canvass, subject to the procedures for exercising the right of withdrawal set out in II of article L. 341-16 . The first paragraph of this article does not apply to the persons mentioned in 7° and 8°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-11

…ition included in the state of the art for the implementation of the methods referred to in Article L. 611-16, provided that its use for any of those methods is not comprised in the state of the art.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-6

…mines the terms under which the institutions and bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 751-2 can provide proof that they have consulted the file, in particular in application of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-3

In the event of failure to comply with the rules laid down in application of 9° of article L. 5141-16 relating to advertising, the Agency may:1° Order the suspension or prohibition of advertising ;2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-17

The provisions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal council…

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