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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Commercial distribution networks

Article L341-1

…le II of Book I of this Code, or providing the services mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 330-3 and, on the other hand, any person operating a retail shop on his own behalf or on behalf o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-1

The rules governing the creation of non-voting preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-2 to L. 228-35-11 of the French Commercial Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-20

…French Guyana is determined by applying the rate of 145% to the reference term mentioned in Article L. 7125-17. It may be increased by 40%, provided that the total amount of the maximum allowances lik…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedures for the examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the event of house arrest or detention

Article L753-5

…ministrative authority, and without prejudice to the cases provided for in c and d of 2° of Article L. 542-2, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall rule on the a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-31

…utorité de la concurrence, specifies the terms of the association contract provided for by articles L. 212-29 and L. 212-30. This contract may not contain any clause relating to the programming of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Offences common to the various forms of joint stock company

Article L246-2

The provisions of articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-29, L. 243-1 and L. 244-5, relating to the chairman, directors or managing directors of sociétés anonymes or sociétés européennes and the managers of soci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-30

…irectly to the communes in respect of the operations referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 2334-29.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-3

…ment board, managing directors or managers of companies for contravening the provisions of articles L. 233-29 to L. 233-31. For companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L281-7

…eside freely within the territory of the Member States are deleted; 2° The last sentence of Article L. 264-1, the reference to article L. 754-3 is deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-11

The second paragraph of Article L. 145-18 reads as follows: "The same applies to property restoration operations involving restoration, conservation, modernisation or demolition work resulting in the…

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