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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-2-2

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 613-2-1 et L. 611-18, the protection conferred by a patent on a product containing or consisting of genetic information extends to any material in which the pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-2-2

When the misleading commercial practices mentioned in articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4 have been committed as part of an organised gang, the prison sentence provided for in Article L. 132-2 is increased…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States

Article L694-2

Under Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, persons entered on the list of judicial administrators or judicial representatives pursuant to Articles L. 811-2 and L. 812-2 or an insolvency pract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23

In companies with between eleven and twenty employees, in the absence of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, articles L. 2232-21, L. 2232-22 and L. 2232-22-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-28

Where no agreement has been reached and the special negotiating body has not taken the decision provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 2352-13, employee participation in the European Compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-29

If only one form of participation exists within the participating companies, this system shall be applied to the European Company, taking into account the proportion or, as the case may be, the highes…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Provisions relating to the supplementary supervision of regulated entities in a financial conglomerate.

Article L356-26

The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 and in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 belonging to a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations representing self-employed workers using platforms

Article L7343-2

For the purposes of this section, the following are deemed to be organisations representing the workers defined in Article L. 7341-1 who use the platforms referred to in Article L. 7342-1 for their ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-23

The articles L. 2216-1 et L. 2216-2 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2563-2-2

In all communes where a first numbering operation is carried out, half of the cost of the operation, if completed before 31 December 2008, is subject to financial compensation in the form of an except…

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