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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-2

…or services included in the package can be purchased individually or where they cannot be separated.2. Any sale or offer to sell products or services made to the customer which entitles the customer f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26-1

…ociétés de crédit foncier may use the "European covered bond" label for the "obligations foncières" and other senior debt referred to in Article L. 513-2, paragraph 2 of the first paragraph that they…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1213-27

The draft texts mentioned in I and III of article L. 1212-2 are accompanied by a presentation report and an impact assessment showing the technical and financial implications, whatever they may be, of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1213-28

Draft technical standards resulting from standardisation or certification activities that have a technical or financial impact for local and regional authorities and their public establishments, which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-2

Where the client of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a collective investment scheme within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-1, "beneficial owner" within the meaning of 1° of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-11-2

The provisions of this subsection do not apply to offers to the public mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article L721-2

…te a product, other than an agricultural, forestry, food or seafood product, which originates there and possesses a specific quality, a reputation or other characteristics that can be essentially attr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-27

Persons carrying out a text and data search under the conditions mentioned in III of article L. 122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at the request of the latter, with all documents and evidence m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-28

The objection referred to in III of Article L. 122-5-3 does not have to be substantiated and may be expressed by any means. In the case of content made available to the public online, this objection m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-20-1

I. - The provisions of IIIa of Article L. 2224-12-4 apply to increases in the volume of water consumed due to a leak in a drinking water pipe after the meter, excluding leaks due to household applianc…

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