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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-9

…3-3 ; 3° Shares or voting rights owned by a third party with whom that person is acting in concert; 4° Shares already issued that that person, or one of the persons mentioned in 1° to 3° is entitled t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2

…entity acting on the basis of its name or business name referred to in 3° of I of Article L. 711-3; 4° The holder of a domain name referred to in 4° of the first paragraph of Article L. 711-3; > Any p…

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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 695-57

Surrender shall not be granted to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the offence for which surrender is requested is of a political nature, unless it is an offence referred to in Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 G

The rates set out in articles 881 D and 881 E are applicable to the issue of copies and information provided for by articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section Sports agents

Article A222-5

The gross remuneration referred to in article A. 222-2 is that provided for in the employment contract and subject to social security contributions within the meaning ofarticle L. 242-1 of the Social…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-5

All the information provided for in articles R. 312-2 to R. 312-4 is presented in accordance with the information sheet referred to in article L. 312-12 and appended to this code. Before providing thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Workplace lighting.

Article R4722-3

The labour inspection officer referred to in article L. 8112-1 may ask the employer to have photometric measurements taken by an accredited body or, in the absence of an accredited body, by a body des…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-15-1

The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in I and III of article R. 519-4 shall ensure that their staff who carry out credit intermediation activities referred to in article L. 313-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-3

…Saint-Barthélemy is authorised under the conditions defined by the locally applicable provisions. "4° In Article R. 421-4, the words: "under the conditions defined in Articles R. 5221-1 et seq. of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R546-3

…cipal who has issued a mandate to one of the persons mentioned in article L. 545-1 or in 2°, 3° and 4° of I of article R. 519-4 shall notify the body of the mandate issued, as soon as it takes effect,…

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