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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-42

…of article L. 131-73, cancellations and new incident declarations made pursuant to articles R. 131-27 and R. 131-28, and cancellations made pursuant to article R. 131-27. Bankers are deemed to be awa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-15

…additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, to hold a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-20

…additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, to hold a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-6

…the trader, a failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-15

…the trader, a failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual libe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Criminal provisions

Article L1142-25

…able to the additional penalty of disqualification, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-27 of the French Penal Code, from engaging in the professional or social activity in the exercise of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-7

…esenting employees on the board of directors provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-27-1 is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market only if a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-1

…conditions for such use are those laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-58

…rticles 1 and 2 of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, the offence of association de malfaiteurs with a view to the commission of these of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-3

The number of directors of the central body referred to in Article L. 322-27-1, who are elected by the General Meeting on the recommendation of the Board of Directors in accordance with the third para…

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