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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-2

Ingages the liability of its author and obliges him to compensate the damage caused the fact, by any person engaged in activities of production, distribution or services to participate directly or ind…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4621-3

…ices relating to occupational risk prevention, individual monitoring and prevention of occupational exclusion. The terms of application of this article shall be determined by decree.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Non-specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-5

Ventilation by natural ventilation, provided exclusively by the opening of windows or other openings giving direct access to the outside, is authorised when the volume per occupant is equal to or grea…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-C

…in Article L. 511-41-1 B. The AMF also assesses the resulting level of capital.The AMF monitors the use by credit institutions and finance companies of internal approaches to determine their capital r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-175

…and R. 5121-165. They report electronically to the European "Eudravigilance" database: 1° Any serious adverse reaction suspected to be due to the hospital and magistral preparations that they produce…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 bis

Where a person has unduly paid national duties and taxes recovered in accordance with the procedures of this Code, he may obtain reimbursement, unless the duties and taxes have been passed on to the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-7

A in Article L. 141-13, the words: "by Articles 638 and 653 of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "by the provisions of the Tax Code applicable in New Caledonia relating to verbal transf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-7

…determine the leasing, rental or supply contracts for goods or services necessary to maintain the business in the light of the observations of the debtor's co-contractors transmitted to the liquidato…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-7

…2 of the French Social Security Code and those mentioned in 3° of article 998 of the French General Tax Code; defined-contribution contracts aimed at the constitution of a benefit paid in the form of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-14

…opean patent application or a European patent which has not been the subject of a waiver of the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent jurisdiction, pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 83 of the…

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