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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-8

It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 for any person to carry out the domiciliation activity referred to in Article L. 123-11-2 without having first obtained the authorisat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-63

Article L. 225-209-2 is not applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market subject to the dispositions du II de l'article L. 433-3 du code monétaire et financier.

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

Article L911-2-1

In articles L. 123-48 and L. 123-49, the words "caisse départementale ou pluridépartementale de mutualité sociale agricole" are replaced by the words "caisse de prévoyance sociale de Saint-Pierre-et-M…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-3-1

I.-A fine of €3,750 shall be imposed for knowingly undermining, for purposes other than research, an effective technological measure as defined in article L. 331-5, in order to alter the protection of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-4-1

I.-It is punishable by a fine of €3,750 to knowingly undermine, for purposes other than research, an effective technological measure as defined in article L. 331-5, in order to alter the protection of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-22-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure the publication, in the manner mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-21 : 1° Of the mention of the registration of the unit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3a: Comité régional de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles (Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance)

Article L6523-6-1

For its application in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Article L. 6123-3 is amended as follows: 1° In the second parag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-31-1

The mission of the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan does not end until payment of the last instalment provided for in the plan, if this is later than the instalment stipula…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-69

…n writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the Management Board under the conditions laid down in Article L. 225-232 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions laid down…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-7

For the sole purpose of monitoring a person who represents a serious threat to public security and order due to his or her radicalisation as a terrorist, the State representative in the department and…

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