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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17

The collection and recovery of the unpaid post-parking charge and its increase are governed by the provisions of article R. 2323-7 of the general code of public property.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Enforcement of the decision

Article 1233

…ose jurisdiction the protected person was born, for the purpose of being kept in the civil register and publicised by mention in the margin of the birth certificate in accordance with the procedures l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

The public prosecutor who chooses the simplified procedure communicates the prosecution file and his or her submissions to the president of the court. The president rules without prior discussion by m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-19

…plaints from any interested party that fall within the remit of the Autorité des marchés financiers and to take appropriate action. It carries out its mediation role with regard to consumers under the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18

…suers. To this end, it may require issuers, the persons that control them or are controlled by them and their statutory auditors to provide all relevant documents and information. It may order these i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R123-163

The fees, emoluments and costs relating to the formalities carried out pursuant to this section shall be borne by the applicants.In addition to their emoluments regulated by Articles R. 743-140 et seq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R123-164

When the decisions and notifications provided for in the procedures defined in articles L. 123-3 and R. 123-139 to R. 123-142 give rise to costs, these are advanced by the court clerk. The amount is r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R123-166

A joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible for industrial property shall determine the conditions of application of this Section. In particular, it sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R123-165

…s reimbursed to the registrar by the Treasury pursuant to the third paragraph of article R. 123-164 and those relating to proceedings initiated ex officio by the public prosecutor or the judge respons…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transitional provisions

Article L5217-18

…romulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises, the provisions relating to the metropolises mentioned in the fo…

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