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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediaries and persons authorised to administer or hold financial instruments

Article L542-1

…s and supervision equivalent to those in force in France. The Autorité des marchés financiers shall exercise over these persons the supervisory and sanctioning powers provided for by this Code for inv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5111-1-1

I. - When their purpose is to ensure the joint exercise of a competence recognised by law or transferred to their signatories, the agreements concluded between the départements, the Lyon metropolis, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-27

…rocedures for identifying, preventing and resolving conflicts of interest likely to affect the free exercise of voting rights. IV. IV.-The voting intentions referred to in the fourth paragraph of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-28

…f the period referred to in the third paragraph of II of Article R. 236-26 for members who have not exercised their right to withdraw; > or 2° Or of the decision referred to in Article L. 236-2 for me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers

Article L5842-22

…ion or in matters of town planning and spatial development, the community of communes automatically exercises the competence(ies) concerned, in place of the member communes. > II. "II. - The community…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-33

…access, rectification and deletion provided for in articles 70-18 to 70-20 of the same law may be exercised directly with the data controller. III.-In order to avoid hindering investigations, enquir…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-2

…striking off, revocation, withdrawal of approval or authorisation in the profession they previously exercised; 5° Have previously declared its activity to the Conseil des maisons de vente instituted b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-14

…ing off, revocation, withdrawal of approval or authorisation in the profession that they previously exercised; 2° That the legal entity has been engaged in the business of commodities brokerage for at…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-4

…he author's production completed within a period of five years from the same day.The publisher must exercise the right granted to it by notifying the author of its decision in writing within three mon…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…revenue also includes ancillary revenue. Control of the implementation of the Institute's budget is exercised a posteriori in accordance with procedures laid down by decree in the Council of State.

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