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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-17

Where the action is likely to affect the rights or obligations of other persons who were parties before the Competition Authority, such persons may intervene in the proceedings before the Court of App…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-7

Any transfer or modification of the rights attached to a trade mark must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in the National Trade Mark Register.However, before it is entered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-14

The data included in the automated processing system may only be processed by officials of the prefecture and the directorate in charge of trade of the ministry responsible for trade, within the limit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-5

The provisions of article L. 225-23, relating to the election of employee shareholders to the board of directors, are applicable to companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-6

The operator of the organised trading system may use an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company to act as a market maker within the meaning of 2° of Article L. 531-2 on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D632-3-1

At the request of a competent authority of a trading venue on which an investment services provider other than an asset management company uses algorithmic trading as a member or client of that venue,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 587

When the case file is thus in order, the court clerk hands it over to the magistrate of the public prosecutor's office, who immediately sends it to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation; the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 585-2

Unless a dispensation is granted by the President of the Criminal Division, the Public Prosecutor's brief, where the latter appeals to the Court of Cassation, must reach the Registry of the Court of C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: The manner in which statements by members of the Government and representatives of foreign powers are received

Article 655

The statement thus received shall be immediately delivered to the registry or sent, closed and sealed, to that of the requesting court and communicated, without delay, to the public prosecutor and to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Changes of a particular nature

Article 687

Declarations of successful bidders made to the registry in accordance with Article 707 of the Code of Civil Procedure are subject to a fixed land registration tax of €25 when they are not required to…

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