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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-64

…Failing representatives of the general body appointed under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-50 and L. 228-51, the first meeting is opened under the provisional chairmanship of the holde…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article L614-35

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 614-32 and in the second paragraph of I of article L. 614-34, the owner of the patent or of the supplementary protection certificate attached to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-13

…st State security, anyone who has knowingly infringed one of the prohibitions laid down in articles L. 612-9 and L. 612-10 is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros. If the infringement has been detrimen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable if the foreign national is not placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-6

…epending on the basis of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory, in articles L. 614-4 or L. 614-5.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L613-3

…itory are informed, by means of this written notification, of the conditions, laid down in articles L. 722-3 and L. 722-7, under which this decision may be enforced ex officio.Where the period for vol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-3

…l d'Etat decree defines the terms and conditions for the application of 27°, 28° and 29° of article L. 2321-2; in particular, it defines the fixed assets that are subject to the depreciation obligatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-47

…all check that the information relating to the beneficial owner mentioned in the first paragraph of L. 561-46 is complete and complies with the legal and regulatory provisions, corresponds to the supp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-4

The persons referred to in 8°, 9°, 10 and 15° of Article L. 561-2 shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for failing to respond, after formal notice, to requests for inf…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-4

…he conditions under which investment firms may carry out the transactions mentioned in 2 of article L. 321-2 ; 2. The conditions under which investment firms may carry out the transactions referred to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-7

…either for compensation to be granted for the dressing and undressing times referred to in article L. 3121-3, or for these times to be treated as actual working time. A company or establishment agree…

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