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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-19

…ement, administration or control of associations is that defined, depending on the case, by article L. 225-251, the second paragraph of article L. 225-253, articles L. 225-254 and L. 225-257 of the Fr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

The provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local authorities and their groupings are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 Nove…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2395-1

The purchaser may terminate the defence or security contract in the cases provided for in articles L. 2195-2, L. 2195-3 and L. 2195-5. It may also terminate the contract if performance of the contract…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-13-1

…articles 73 and 74 of the Constitution and in New Caledonia, the statutes mentioned in I ofarticle L. 131-8 of the present code may permit the affiliation of any league or sports committee to the reg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-153-1

The investors referred to in Article L. 214-144 may invest in specialised professional funds referred to in Article L. 214-154 or professional private equity funds referred to in Article L. 214-159 wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-15-1

…r individual entrepreneurs paid by universal service vouchers for the reimbursement of these vouchers. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, issuers do not receive any remuneration for the se…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16-1

An applicant who has not complied with the priority period instituted by Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-14-1

If the offences defined in Article L. 615-14, or if the offender is or has been bound by agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred are increased to double. The offenders may, in additio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-1

In addition to the penalties provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10, the court may order the total or partial, definitive or temporary closure, for a maximum period of five years, of the esta…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Examination of tenders

Article L2352-1

The provisions of articles L. 2152-1 to L. 2152-4, concerning irregular, unacceptable or inappropriate tenders, articles L. 2152-5 and L. 2152-6, concerning abnormally low tenders, and articles L. 215…

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