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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-1

A tourist residence is a classified commercial accommodation establishment, operated on a permanent or seasonal basis. It is made up of one or more individual or collective residential buildings group…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 322-8, voluntary sales of furniture by public auction may relate to new or second-hand goods. These goods are sold retail, by lot or wholesale, i.e. in sufficie…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-1

I.-Collective management organisations are legal entities constituted in any legal form whose main purpose is to manage copyright or rights related to copyright on behalf of several holders of these r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Investment services, services related to investment services and data communication services

Article D321-1

The investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 are defined as follows:1. The service of reception and transmission of orders on behalf of third parties is the act of receiving and transmittin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-1

Investment services relate to the financial instruments listed in Article L. 211-1 and the units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code and include the following services and activi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L321-1

The provisions of this Title apply to intermediaries within the meaning of 5° of Article L. 311-1. They are not applicable: 1° To members of the regulated legal and judicial professions; 2° To natural…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1

The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-2 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de ré…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EDICTION

Article L321-1

Any foreign national who does not habitually reside in France and is not present on French territory may be subject to an administrative ban on entry if their presence in France would constitute a ser…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-1

Sports associations, companies and federations take out insurance to cover their own civil liability, that of their salaried or volunteer employees and that of sports users. Licence holders and partic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Subsidies to cinema operators

Article L321-1

Article L. 2251-4 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales sets out the rules for grants awarded by local authorities to cinema operators.

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