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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-6

The collective management organisation sets and makes public the terms of termination, in particular the period of notice, which may not exceed six months. It may, however, provide that termination do…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Recruitment.

Article L1221-6

The information requested, in any form whatsoever, from a job applicant may only be used to assess his/her ability to hold the post offered or his/her professional aptitudes.This information must have…

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

Article L2373-6

In the absence of an agreement by the special negotiation body on the choice of the form of employee participation, the directors of the companies participating in the cross-border operation determine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal settlements

Article L8114-6

Once accepted by the offender, the proposed settlement is submitted to the public prosecutor for approval. The act by which the Public Prosecutor approves the proposed settlement interrupts the limita…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-6

Investment services providers, market undertakings and clearing houses must provide the Banque de France with the information required to compile monetary statistics.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Powers of investigation

Article L512-62

The originals of the report and the inventory of the objects, documents and data media seized are sent to the judge who ordered the visit.A copy is given to the occupier of the premises or his represe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-6

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings in order to obtain an order, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-6

In the event of the nullity of a company or of acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation, based on a defect in consent or the incapacity of a member, and where regularisation can be effec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-67

The voting right attached to the bonds must be proportional to the portion of the amount of the loan they represent. Each bond entitles its holder to at least one vote.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-6

The person against whom a warning or fine is issued may challenge the administration's decision before the administrative court, to the exclusion of any hierarchical appeal.

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