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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-7

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies which use a high-frequency algorithmic trading technique shall keep an accurate and chronological record of all orders placed, i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-6

Where an agreement on the right of expression exists, the employer shall call a meeting, at least once every three years, with the representative trade union organisations in order to examine the resu…

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

Article L411-5

Reasons shall be given for the rejection decisions referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 411-4, for decisions ruling on an opposition filed against an application for registration of a trad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of the State.

Article L6122-4

The State provides financial support, within the framework of agreements concluded in application of article L. 6353-2, for the training of workers in the trades sector mentioned inarticle L. 6122-3 o…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Hospital duties for pharmacy students.

Article R6153-91-1

In order to exercise their trade union rights, which are recognised in their capacity as public servants, pharmacy students may set up, join and hold office in trade union organisations. They may not…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Findings.

Article 253

The report is submitted to the court registry. An official report is drawn up of the findings presented orally. However, the drafting of the report may be replaced by a mention in the judgment if the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to legal action based on denial of justice.

Article 366-9

On pain of inadmissibility of the application referred to in Article 366-1, the claimant who invokes a denial of justice must produce two summonses to judgment delivered by bailiff to the court regist…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Attachment of successively enforceable claims

Article R211-16

In the event of a dispute, the garnishee pays the outstanding debt to a receiver appointed, in the absence of an amicable agreement, by the enforcement judge hearing the case. If the sums sequestered…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R233-1

The forced sale is carried out at the request of the creditor on presentation of a certificate issued by the registry or drawn up by the bailiff who carried out the seizure, certifying that no dispute…

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

Article 589

A party interested in the appeal who has not received a copy of the pleadings produced in support of the appeal may lodge an objection to the judgment handed down by the Cour de cassation, by declarat…

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