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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7321-4

…nch managers are responsible for the application of the provisions mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 7321-3 with regard to the employees under their authority, in place and stead of the company mana…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-10

…th of these measures. When the cooperative carries out the activities provided for in 2° of Article L. 124-1, the provisions of this article do not apply. The articles L. 125-15 and L. 125-16.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-3

…hall be sold at the request of the creditor, after completion of the formalities set out in article L. 143-6. III. III -Where proceedings are brought by the debtor, the judgment ordering the sale of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

…endant may only become a partner after having been approved under the conditions set out in Article L. 223-14. On pain of nullity of the clause, the time limits granted to the company to decide on app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L137-1

For the purposes of Articles L. 137-2 to L. 137-4, a person who provides an online public communication service whose main purpose, or one of whose main purposes, is to store and give the public acces…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-4

…abridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II of article L. 132-20-3, on national territory…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

…onsible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the compliance with articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 of the commercial guarantee it intends to implement. The purpose of this form…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-27

…ate of the European Union for the same reasons as those mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 421-26 may carry out an assignment in France for a period of ninety days or less, as part of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 15: Authentication

Article L133-44

…The payment service provider shall apply the strong customer authentication defined in f of Article L. 133-4 when the payer : 1° Accesses his online payment account ; 2° Initiates an electronic paymen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-13

…ocation must be authorised for a specific period in the case of research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1 carried out outside healthcare settings, as well as in hospital departments and in any oth…

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