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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-87

The provisions of article L. 225-86 do not apply to agreements relating to ordinary transactions entered into on arm's length terms or to agreements entered into between two companies, one of which ho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-1

…he competent judicial police officers may proceed, as soon as the offences provided for in Articles L. 335-4 à L. 335-4-2, the seizure of illegally reproduced phonograms and videograms, illegally manu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-20

The practice of the activity defined in Article L. 222-7 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 : 1° Without having obtained a sports agent's licence or in disregard of a decis…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-14

The agreement is drawn up in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-5 and sets out the nature, operating conditions and funding of the service. It defines the respective obligat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-9

The provisions of articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-8 do not apply to loans granted to a natural person acting for professional purposes or to a legal entity engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article L354-3

…New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 354-1, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-31

…on of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons referred to in Article L. 531-26, that of the administrative authority referred to in Article L. 531-27, or the refusal of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Termination of benefits

Article L551-13

…the applicant's right to remain on French territory ended under the conditions set out in articles L. 542-1 and L. 542-2.For people who have been recognised as refugees under article L. 511-1 or gran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2315-43

Apart from the cases provided for in Articles L. 2315-36 and L. 2315-37, the company agreement defined in Article L. 2313-2 or, in the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-8

In the absence of the agreements provided for in Articles L. 3121-6 and L. 3121-7 : 1° The employment contract may set the remuneration for meal and break times; 2° The employment contract provides ei…

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