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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

I.-To carry out the duties mentioned in Article L. 331-12, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-40-2

…nied, where applicable, by the summary explanatory note mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-12. They are also sent the reports mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2312-1 an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-24

…ed establishment of a branch or use of a person for the distribution, within the meaning of Article L. 525-8, of electronic money.III. - In order to supervise the electronic money institutions referre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42-1

Notwithstanding article L. 2232-24 of the Labour Code, in companies not subject to the obligation to organise the elections provided for in Book III of Part Two of the same code, the agreements mentio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…ntrôle prudentiel et de résolution are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 and to the provisions of Articles L. 511-33 to L. 511-38 and L. 511-41 . They also ensure…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L743-1

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L742-1

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn their wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-3

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 351-4, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-22

…elating to the unseizability of certain assets, in particular section 1 of this chapter and article L. 526-7 of this Code, a sole trader is only obliged to fulfil his commitment to his creditors whose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-5

…nst third parties that the social security fund implements under the conditions set out in articles L. 376-1 and L. 454-1 of the Social Security Code.In application of 1° above, the costs of hospitali…

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