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

Article L225-30-2

…ppointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 are entitled, at their request, to training adapted to the exercise of their mandate, at the company's expense, under conditions defined by decree in the Conse…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-1

…he licensing contract, bring legal action in respect of that right. The producer is notified of the exercise of the action. The foregoing provisions do not preclude recourse to arbitration, under the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-7

…prive the beneficiaries of the exceptions referred to in 2° of Article L. 331-28 of their effective exercise. They shall endeavour to define these measures in consultation with approved consumer assoc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-12

…separation has been filed or if the family court has been seised of an application relating to the exercise of parental authority. The family affairs judge may, at any time, at the request of the pub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…rpreter requested for this purpose.On pain of nullity, correspondence with a lawyer relating to the exercise of the rights of the defence and covered by the professional secrecy of the defence and cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 152

The magistrates or judicial police officers assigned to carry out the investigation exercise, within the limits of the letter rogatory, all the powers of the investigating judge. However, the judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-2

…n under investigation, the complexity of the investigations required to ascertain the truth and the exercise of the rights of the defence. If, at the end of a period of two years from the opening of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Transitional provisions

Article L211-13

…form, issued before that date.Holders of financial securities issued before the same date may only exercise the rights attached to their securities if they have been registered in an account by the i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3

…foreign investment in an activity in France which, even on an occasional basis, is involved in the exercise of public authority or falls within one of the following areas:a) Activities likely to unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-3

…222-6 of the Commercial Code does not apply. Acts of management do not include, in particular, the exercise of shareholders' prerogatives, opinions and advice given to the company, its affiliated ent…

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