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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-4

Each inspection gives rise to a report indicating the non-conformities observed and the improvements to be made, which is sent by its author to the operator and to the Prefect within two months of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-22-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure the publication, in the manner mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-21 : 1° Of the mention of the registration of the unit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-18

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-16

The guarantee fund reserves are accepted as components of the solvency margin of member undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 334-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-9

The nullity of the European Economic Interest Grouping and of its acts or deliberations may result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline.

Article L811-16

No one may use the title of court-appointed administrator, outside the mission entrusted to him, by virtue of the second paragraph of article L. 811-2 or the second paragraph of Article L. 811-8 if he…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedure

Article R514-5

The procedures for submitting the application and the contents of the file shall be specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, in particular as reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IIIa: Community service

Article 733-2

In the event of non-performance of community service, the sentence enforcement judge may, of his or her own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the enforcemen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-10

The minimum amount of participation in the technical and financial profits of undertakings carrying out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and of supplementary professional retiremen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-23

Conviction for the penalties provided for in articles L. 6355-1 to L. 6355-22 may be accompanied, as an additional penalty, by a temporary or permanent ban on exercising the activity of manager of a v…

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