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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

…ial obligations arising from transactions in financial instruments or in units mentioned in article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, spot foreign exchange transactions or transactions for the sale, p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-36

Every director of a mutual, union or federation, within the meaning ofarticle L. 114-16 of the Mutual Code, is entitled to annual training leave.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-36

…ction certificate or utility certificate is implemented after an application referred to in Article L. 614-32 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a patent, supplementary protection certif…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-36

…ng are thus registered, on their declarations: 1° The persons mentioned in 1° to 6° of I of article L. 123-1 ; 2° The commercial agents referred to in article L. 134-1; 3° Persons in the trades and cr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-36

When a professional agreement, made compulsory on the basis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, archite…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the central social and economic committee

Article L1233-36

…shments hold their meetings after those of the central works council held in application of article L. 1233-30. These meetings take place within the timeframes stipulated in article L. 1233-30.If the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-36

Infringements of the provisions of Article L. 221-35 are recorded in the same way as for stamp duty:- by the competent public accountants ;- by agents of the financial authorities.Official reports are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to preventive recovery plans drawn up on an individual basis

Article L613-36

…ortance are located. It shall ensure that they comply with the requirements of IV and VI of Article L. 613-35 and the regulatory provisions adopted for its application. In particular, it assesses thei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-36

…ion is granted by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) under the conditions set out in article L. 532-9 and in accordance with the AMF General Regulation.II. - If the competent authorities of a r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-36

…tworks, including ducts and drawing chambers, subject to, when the competences mentioned in article L. 1425-1 are exercised by another territorial authority or another public cooperation establishment…

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