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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-4

The total amount of shareholdings held by a region in the capital of commercial companies does not represent more than 5% of its actual operating revenue as recorded in its last available management a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-9

Approval issued by the Prefect or, when their head office is in Paris, by the Police Prefect to the supporters' associations referred to in articles L. 224-3, L. 332-15, L. 332-16 and L. 332-17 may be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-46

The appeals provided for in Article R. 331-44 shall be lodged by a written statement in triplicate lodged against a receipt at the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal containing, on pain of nullity:…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: PROHIBITED TRADING PRACTICES AND REGULATED TRADING PRACTICES

Article R121-1

…vironmental requirements, these objects are fully recyclable, whether they are fireproof recyclable cardboard or food-safe inks. If these objects belong to the category of products and ingredients, re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 775-1

…in bulletin No. 2 either in the sentencing judgment, or by judgment passed subsequently on the application of the convicted person investigated and judged in accordance with the rules of jurisdiction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-34

…° The surnames and first names of the creditors whose claims have been assessed ;2° The amounts allocated to them;3° A mention of the judge's order which, with regard to taxpayers, discharges the entr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age;Article L. 113-9-1 is applicable in the wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1658 of 15 December 2021.Articles L. 132-15, L. 1…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-40

…article R. 212-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-21

…wn creditors of having to declare their claims to him within the period mentioned in Article R. 622-24. The co-contractors mentioned in articles L. 622-13 and L. 622-14 benefit from a period of one mo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-1

…ents, the following: 1° For a legal entity, the corporate name or denomination followed, where applicable, by the acronym, the activity and the address of the registered office as well as the birth na…

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