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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25

…ed law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 may only be opened in respect of a company mentioned in article L. 310-1 at the request of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution; the court may also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3845-2

I.-For the application of article L. 3115-1 in New Caledonia and French Polynesia :1° The following sentence is inserted after the first sentence of the third paragraph: "In New Caledonia and French P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-2

…c Disorders and Nosocomial Infections) with a view to obtaining compensation for the resulting losses. If the victim is an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation, the person r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-2

…ses do not involve any right of way on the public domain; 4° Subject to the provisions of l'article L. 145-26 to leases of premises or buildings belonging to the State, local authorities and public es…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Brokers in general

Article L131-2

Goods brokerage may be carried out by any trader.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and composition

Article L327-2

The control commission is made up of a control panel and a sanctions panel. Unless otherwise provided by law, the tasks entrusted to the commission are carried out by the supervisory board.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-2

Regularly constituted collective management organisations are entitled to take legal action to defend the rights for which they are statutorily responsible and to defend the material and moral interes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-2

Only designs that are new and have their own character may be protected.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-2

…promotional nature of the price, in particular price reductions within the meaning of Article I of L. 112-1-1, price comparisons and the conditions of sale, payment and delivery of the good or servic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L217-2

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

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