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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligation to file a draft public offer

Article L433-3

I. - The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions under which any natural person or legal entity who is a shareholder of a company whose registered office is locat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2411-20

In accordance withArticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the procedure for authorising dismissal and the periods and duration of protection for employee representatives in a C…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-3

Branches of foreign companies established in the territory of the French Republic referred to in 4° of I of article L. 310-2 appoint one or more statutory auditors. The statutory auditors shall certif…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-1

The undertakings referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 may not carry on the operations referred to in Article L. 310-1 in the territory of the French Republic unless they have obtained administra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-2

Where an undertaking referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 has branches established in more than one Member State, each branch is treated independently for the purposes of applying the provisions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Conditions under which removal may be carried out

Article L722-9

The actual removal of the foreign national who is the subject of the decision provided for in article L. 615-1 may not take place before the foreign national has been given the opportunity to present…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-4

To prevent an imminent infringement or to stop an unlawful infringement of a business secret, the court may, on application or in summary proceedings, order provisional and conservatory measures, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-3

I.-In the context of an action relating to the prevention or cessation of an infringement of a business secret, the court may, without prejudice to the award of damages, prescribe, including under pen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-5

Without prejudice to article L. 152-6, the court may order, at the request of the infringer, the payment of compensation to the injured party instead of the measures referred to in I to III of Article…

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