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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-14

A collective company pension savings plan may be set up at the initiative of the company or in accordance with one of the procedures mentioned in article L. 3322-6 of the Labour Code. Where the compan…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for hotels.

Article D311-2

This committee, chaired by the Prefect or his representative, includes :- an architect and the president of a tourist office or tourist information centre, appointed by order of the prefect;- two hote…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to operate as an operator

Article L212-3

When the activity of cinema entertainment venue operator is carried out by a natural person, the authorisation is issued to this person on presentation of proof of registration in the Trade and Compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-6

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-23

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment as a member of the Management Board of a person linked by an employment contract to the company…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-2

The following are eligible for the benefits of this chapter: a) Creators who are nationals of a State party to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation or who have in such a State eithe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-4

The economic interest group enjoys legal personality and full capacity from the date of its registration in the Trade and Companies Register, without this registration implying a presumption that the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L522-39

In the event of an infringement by the operator of a general shop of the provisions of this chapter or of the decrees of the Council of State made for the application of the said provisions, the prefe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-6

The application for registration of a company in the special section provided for in Article L. 422-7 is submitted by its agent or, where the company has not yet been formed, by the agent of the partn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Traffic

Article 307

With the exception of stills belonging to itinerant hirers, apparatus or parts of apparatus suitable for the distillation, manufacture or pressing of eaux-de-vie or spirits may only circulate anywhere…

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