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14 Notices<br />

(a) Notices to the holders of Dematerialised <strong>Note</strong>s in registered form (au nominatif) shall be valid if<br />

either (i) they are mailed to them at their respective addresses, in which case they will be deemed to<br />

have been given on the fourth weekday (being a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday) after the<br />

mailing, or (ii) at the option of the Issuer, they are published (a) in a leading daily newspaper with<br />

general circulation in <strong>Euro</strong>pe (which is expected to be the Financial Times) or (b) so long as such<br />

<strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to trading on <strong>Euro</strong>next Paris, in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation<br />

in France (which is expected to be Les Echos) and, so long as such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to trading on<br />

any other Regulated Market and the rules of, or applicable to, such Regulated Market so require, in<br />

a leading daily newspaper with general circulation in the city where the Regulated Market on which<br />

such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to trading is located.<br />

(b) Notices to the holders of Materialised Bearer <strong>Note</strong>s and Dematerialised <strong>Note</strong>s in bearer form (au<br />

porteur) shall be valid if published (i) in a daily leading newspaper with general circulation in<br />

<strong>Euro</strong>pe (which is expected to be the Financial Times) or (ii) so long as such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to<br />

trading on <strong>Euro</strong>next Paris, in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation in France (which is<br />

expected to be Les Echos) and so long as such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to trading on any other Regulated<br />

Market, in a leading daily newspaper with general circulation in the city where the Regulated<br />

Market on which such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to trading is located.<br />

(c) If any such publication is not practicable, notice shall be validly given if published in another<br />

leading daily English language newspaper with general circulation in <strong>Euro</strong>pe. Any such notice shall<br />

be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once or on<br />

different dates, on the date of the first publication as provided above. Couponholders shall be<br />

deemed for all purposes to have notice of the contents of any notice given to the holders of<br />

Materialised Bearer <strong>Note</strong>s in accordance with this Condition.<br />

(d) Notices required to be given to the holders of Dematerialised <strong>Note</strong>s (whether in registered or in<br />

bearer form) pursuant to these Conditions may be validly given by delivery of the relevant notice to<br />

<strong>Euro</strong>clear France, <strong>Euro</strong>clear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other clearing system through which<br />

the <strong>Note</strong>s are for the time being cleared in substitution for the mailing and publication of a notice<br />

required by Conditions 15 (a), (b) and (c) above; except that (i) as long as such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted<br />

to trading on <strong>Euro</strong>next Paris, notices shall be published in a leading daily newspaper of general<br />

circulation in France (which is expected to be Les Echos), (ii) as long as the <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to<br />

trading on any Regulated Market and the rules of, or applicable to, such Regulated Market so<br />

require, notices shall be published in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation in the city<br />

where the Regulated Market on which such <strong>Note</strong>s are admitted to trading is located, and (iii)<br />

notices relating to the convocation and decision(s) of the General Meetings pursuant to Condition<br />

11 shall also be published in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation in <strong>Euro</strong>pe at the<br />

expenses of the Issuer.<br />

15 Governing Law and Jurisdiction<br />

(a) Governing Law: The <strong>Note</strong>s (and, where applicable, the Receipts, the Coupons and the Talons) are<br />

governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, French law.<br />

(b) Jurisdiction: Any claim against the Issuer in connection with any <strong>Note</strong>s, Receipts, Coupons or<br />

Talons may be brought before any competent court of the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeal.<br />

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