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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk Committees

Article L511-93

…cle L. 511-89 communicates to the body of the credit institution to which the branch belongs, which exercises supervisory functions equivalent to those of a board of directors or a supervisory board,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-7-1

…eated a work of the mind in the performance of his duties or according to instructions received, is exercised in compliance with the rules to which he is subject in his capacity as an employee and wit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-3

…ver, may not require the owner of the material object to make this object available to them for the exercise of the said rights. Nevertheless, in the event of notorious abuse by the owner preventing t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article L343-6

…e.The prohibition mentioned in 2° of Article 131-39 of the same code relates to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed. The court may order…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-5

…les of association, to defend the moral interests and honour of the Resistance or the deportees may exercise the rights recognised as a civil party with regard to either the glorification of war crime…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-21-1

…tatutory purpose includes the defence of the collective interests of undertakings and employees may exercise the rights recognised to a civil party in respect of the offences defined in Book II of Par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-149-1

…he issue contract, the equity securities obtained, at the end of the suspension period, through the exercise of the rights attached to the securities shall entitle their holders to the dividends paid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-9

The rights defined in articles L. 613-3 to L. 613-7, L. 615-4 and L. 615-5 of this Code may be exercised from the date on which a European patent application is published in accordance with the provis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-1

…4° of II of Article L. 532-48 transmit to the body of the company to which the branch belongs that exercises supervisory functions equivalent to those of a board of directors or a supervisory board,…

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

Article L823-16

…ion referred to in 2° of article 131-39 of the French Penal Code shall apply to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed.

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