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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L420-2-2

Agreements, concerted practices and unilateral practices the object or effect of which is to prohibit or substantially limit the possibility for an undertaking which provides private public passenger…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 288-1

Where the electronic signature enjoys a presumption of reliability, it is for the judge to say whether the evidence available to him justifies the reversal of that presumption.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-2

Financial aid is awarded by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in accordance with the procedures set out in these general regulations, which lay down the general conditions for their a…

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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 Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-2

A commercial practice is misleading if it is committed in any of the following circumstances: 1° Where it creates confusion with another good or service, a trade mark, trade name or other distinguishi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, are applicable in New Caledonia, subject to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

The following may provide investment services within the limits of the legislative provisions which, where applicable, govern them, without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2

Provided that an employment contract exists between the temporary employment undertaking and the employee and that their employment relationship continues during the period of secondment, an undertaki…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financing of vocational training

Article L6131-2

The one-off contribution to vocational training and work-linked training mentioned in 2° of Article L. 6131-1 is made up of : 1° The apprenticeship tax mentioned in article L. 6241-1 ; 2° The vocation…

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