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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision by the Minister responsible for culture

Article D211-16

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-31

…which come under the budget of the European Union, the budgets of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union or the budgets managed and controlled directly by them, and if th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L936-1

The implementing measures provided for in articles L. 621-4, L. 625-1, L. 626-3, L. 626-6 and L. 626-14 are set by the competent New Caledonian authority.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to other tourist offices.

Article R133-19-1

Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article R. 133-19, when the Tourist Office is set up in the form of a local public company whose articles of association require each director of the company to r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-12

…rmation of the company or the amendment of the Articles of Association, provided for in Article L. 210-7, shall be brought before the Commercial Court. The court with territorial jurisdiction is that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-13

If one or more statements required by law or the regulations are not included in the Articles of Association, the court shall order that they be completed under the same conditions as those required w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-6-1

For the purposes of III of article L. 312-1, silence on the part of a credit institution for a period of fifteen days from the date of the notice of receipt, or the applicant's hand-delivery of an app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-8-1

…f the reasons for refusing to open an account under the procedure provided for in III of Article L. 312-1 or of the reasons, on the basis of IV of the same article, for terminating the deposit account…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-7-1

In the absence of any response from the applicant to the notification sent pursuant to article R. 312-7, the designation of a credit institution by the Banque de France lapses within six months.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12-1

By way of derogation from article L. 6222-12, any person aged between sixteen and twenty-nine, or who is at least fifteen and can prove that they have completed the first cycle of secondary education,…

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