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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder participation in technical and financial profits

Article L132-29

Life insurance or capitalisation companies and supplementary occupational pension funds allow policyholders to share in the technical and financial profits they make, in accordance with the conditions…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article L160-2

If the opposed contract is presented to the company, it will seize it and hold it in escrow until such time as a court ruling is made on the ownership of the security or the opposition is lifted. A re…

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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…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2512-2

The provisions applicable to the operation of municipal councils are applicable to the Paris Council, subject to Chapters I and II of this Title.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-26

In the case provided for in Article L. 1441-25, the industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, by industrial tribunal, college and se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation

Article L2363-2

In the case provided for in Article L. 2363-1, the registration of the European Cooperative Society may only take place if the parties decide to implement the provisions of this Chapter and of Chapter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.

Article L330-2

Where the contract containing the exclusivity clause referred to in Article L. 330-1 is subsequently followed, between the same parties, by other similar agreements relating to the same type of goods,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-23-1

The plant variety certificate shall be declared null and void, by court decision, if it is established that: 1° Either it has been granted to a person who was not entitled to it, unless it is transfer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article L470-2

I. - The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority for imposing administrative fines to punish the breaches referred to in Title IV of this B…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

Also governed by the provisions of this code is the performance right in a work broadcast by satellite from the territory of a non-EU Member State that does not provide a level of copyright protection…

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