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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to eligible compensation

Article D533-14

…rtfolio management companies may, on their own initiative or at the request of a client, treat as a professional or non-professional client, either generally or for each transaction, a client who migh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1387-1

…nnection with the management of a business, the court may decide to make the spouse who retains the professional assets or, failing that, the professional qualification that served as the basis for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-13

…or applying the provisions of articles L. 4322-1 to L. 4322-12, in particular the representation of professionals on the professional bodies according to the type of practice in the disciplinary chamb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liens and insurance

Article D3253-3

The early retirement arrears due in application of a professional or inter-professional agreement, a collective agreement or a company agreement benefit from the guarantee provided for in article L. 3…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-7

…ral person or persons who carry out the intellectual creation of an audiovisual work shall have the status of author of that work. In the absence of proof to the contrary, the following shall be presu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-8

…the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 and the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 relating to the status of refugees.It cooperates with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and facilita…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-3-1

…foreign nationals born abroad, this information is recorded in a register held at the central civil status department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The existence of amending agreements is subjec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-73

If the general meeting of bondholders of the company being acquired or divided has not approved, as the case may be, one of the proposals referred to in 3° and 6° of I of Article L. 228-65, the board…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 509

The case is devolved to the Court of Appeal within the limits set by the notice of appeal in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 502 and by the status of the appellant as set out in Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedural frameworks

Article 696-114

However, where it is necessary either to investigate a person or to place him or her under the status of an assisted witness, or to have recourse to investigative acts which can only be ordered in the…

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