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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-3

…of all or part of these rights. II.-The procedures for exercising the right of termination referred to in I, in particular its application over time and the information to be given to the beneficiary…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-3

For the application of articles L. 2334-5, L. 2334-7, L. 2334-14-1 and L. 2334-20 to L. 2334-23, the communes are classified by demographic groups determined according to the size of their population.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-3

…yer initiates the procedure for setting up the special negotiating body when the workforce referred to in article L. 2341-1 is reached on average over the previous two years. The number of employees i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-51-1

…nt of the company is assumed, under its responsibility, either by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by another natural person appointed by the Board of Directors and bearing the title of Chief…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-54-1

…ffice as chief executive officer of sociétés anonymes having their registered office on French territory. As an exception to the provisions of the first paragraph:a second term of office as chief exec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-59

…fund and the master AIF or UCITS do not have the same depositary, their depositaries shall enter into an information exchange agreement in order to ensure the fulfilment of their respective obligatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55-2

…et des organismes sociaux et spécifiques aux jeux des casinos exploités en application des articles L. 321-1 et seq of the Internal Security Code are liquidated and paid monthly to a public accountant…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L342-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 322-3 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-30

The agenda for Social and Economic Committee meetings is sent by the Chairman to the Committee members, to the Labour Inspectorate official referred to in Article L. 8112-1 and to the Social Security…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-31

…and Economic Committee meets at the request of the majority of its members, the questions attached to the request to convene the meeting are included on the agenda.

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