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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 8: Repeat bids

Article R322-70

The publication formalities are repeated in the forms and under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-8

…who are not legally separated, as well as their unemancipated minor children, may not hold, in any form whatsoever, non-voting preference shares issued by this company.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-2

The application for registration shall be filed and published in the form and under the conditions laid down by this Title and specified by decree in Council of State. In order to benefit from a filin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports federations

Article A131-6

With regard to the format used for publication : - the regulations must be viewable directly on screen without the need for additional software outside the browser; - they must be available for off-li…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-4

…onomic Area and which, together with its subsidiaries, at least one of which is a regulated entity, forms a financial conglomerate.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose

Article L2362-1

…body shall be set up as soon as possible after the publication of the draft terms of merger or transformation or, in the case of a European Cooperative Society formed by any means other than the merge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-1-1

…s, regardless of their legal status, and by army hospitals.Psychiatric services are provided in the form of outpatient care, including home care, part-time stays, full-time stays or therapeutic family…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Aid schemes established by intergovernmental agreements

Article 711-1

…t for film co-production projects, signed in Cannes on 17 May 2001, amended by the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters signed in Paris on 6 October 2014 and 28 April 2015.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-5

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of direct allocations to distribution companies in order to compensate for part of the expenditure they have incurred in distributing cinematographic works whose…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Setting up a project company

Article R2222-2

…local authorities or other public bodies will contribute to the financing of the investment in the form of a minority shareholding in the capital of the contractor and must specify the main character…

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