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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the certificate of French nationality

Article 1045-2

…ticle 1045-1, the documents produced in support of the application for the certificate to be issued and, where applicable, the refusal decision issued by the director of the judicial registry services…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20-1

…s of judicial police officer pursuant to article 16-1 A, active or retired national police officers and national gendarmerie military personnel who had the status of judicial police officer or agent d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article L2563-2-1

…The communes in French Guyana are allocated 75% in proportion to their population as defined above and 25% in equal shares between them.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L775-24

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

…information relating to the identity as well as the address or successive addresses of the domicile and, where applicable, residences, of the persons who have been the subject of :1° A conviction, eve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-215-1

…ute to the patient's free choice of practitioner, relating in particular to his professional skills and practices, his career path and the conditions of his practice. This communication must comply wi…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-3

…ned offences are recorded by the agents mentioned in article L. 450-1 of the French Commercial Code and under the conditions set out in the same article.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-4

…hed, provided that the rental is made to a hotel established in France. Contracts between hoteliers and online reservation platforms entered into prior to the publication of Law No. 2015-990 of 6 Augu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-2

…as been informed of his or her right to be heard by the judge or the person designated by the judge and to be assisted by a lawyer.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-5

…ing the borrower with a contract satisfying the conditions set out in articles L. 312-64, L. 312-65 and L. 312-66 is deprived of the right to interest.

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