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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…f the Minister responsible for communication. Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article L. 2232-21 and to Article L. 2232-22 of the French Labour Code, the Commission shall rule, instead of the jo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…ithin the meaning of Article L. 511-20, Articles III and IV of Article L. 613-20-4, Articles L. 613-21-3 or L. 613-21-4, as applicable, shall apply. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolutio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…timeframe of article L. 145-9, if he intends to invoke the provisions of articles L. 145-18, L. 145-21, L. 145-23-1 et L. 145-24 in order to build, rebuild or raise the existing building, to reassign…

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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 L225-8-1

…n the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EE…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article L1435-1

…ributes to achieving the objectives of the urban policy defined in article 1 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion. To this end, it is involved in drawin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-1

…excluded from the procedure for awarding concession contracts,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12 to 432-16,433-1,433-2,434-9,434-9-1,435-3,435-4,435-9,435…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-1

…mmit the offence or of the thing that is the product of the offence, in accordance with article 131-21 of the Criminal Code; c) permanent disqualification, or disqualification for a maximum of five ye…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pensions

Article R143-2

I. - For the application of article L. 143-2, and without prejudice to article L. 132-21-1, the transfer value of a member of an original contract not covered by article L. 441-1 to the host contract…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article Annexe R344-7

…printing 6 19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 20 Chemicals and chemical products 21 Pharmaceuticals 7 22-23 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products and other non-metallic mineral…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZG

…o must be subject, as online horse betting operators, to the authorisation mentioned in the article 21 of the aforementioned Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010. 15% of the proceeds of this levy, up to a…

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