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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-30

…egulated market shall publish on their website information on the agreements referred to in article L. 225-86 at the latest when they are concluded. Any interested party may ask the president of the c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-3-2

Subject to the application of the provisions of Article L. 716-4-4, the introduction into the national territory, in the course of trade, of goods, without their being put into free circulation there,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-3-1

…d with an alcoholic beverage with an identification of quality or origin, or protected underArticle L. 665-6 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, are not considered to be advertising or propaganda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-3-1

The deliberations of the body mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 823-1 taken in the absence of the regular appointment of statutory auditors or on the report of statutory auditors app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

…he Regional Health Agency shall mention in the order provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 5125-18 the names of the roads, natural boundaries or transport infrastructures that delimit the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-3-1

…int-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Article L. 713-4 reads as follows: Art. L. 713-4 -The right conferred by a trade mark shall not entitle its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-3-1

…irect beneficiary and final beneficiary, and the amount of the agreements mentioned in I of article L. 1453-2 concluded with the natural and legal persons mentioned in the same I, the remuneration men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-2

…an abnormal or artificial level shall be liable to the penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1.II. - Attempts to commit the offence referred to in I of this article are subject to the sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L613-49-3

…ution to exercise its resolution powers in compliance with the objectives mentioned in I of Article L. 613-50.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-5-3

…ded in a partial transfer of a prevention and occupational health service by application of article L. 1224-1 may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector to whom the prevention and…

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