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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-28

The credit institution, finance company or FIA referred to in Article L. 313-23 may, at any time, prohibit the debtor of the assigned or pledged receivable from paying into the hands of the signatory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to care units

Article D6124-280

…tate-qualified nurses adapted to the activity for the duration of use of the interventional sector; 3° The presence, on the holder's site, of a doctor specialising in anaesthesia-intensive care and a…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28

…d the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis as well as the Lyon metropolis;2° Agglomeration communities;3° Communities of communes applying the dispositions de l'article 1609 nonies C du code général des…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-28

In the first paragraph of Article R. 713-28, the words: "to the territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words: "to the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon chamber of agric…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-28

The chairman of the committee is replaced by the vice-chairman.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-28

When a panel of the Supervisory Board decides to impose a penalty payment in addition to an injunction, pursuant to Article L. 612-25, it does so in the same decision. The daily amount of the penalty…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2447

The departments responsible for land registration will be required to keep a register in which they will enter, day by day, and in numerical order, the delivery to them of deeds, court rulings, slips…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2443

The services responsible for land registration are required to issue, to all those who so request, copies or extracts of documents, other than registration slips, which are deposited there within the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2449

…tration whose register is kept in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 2448, a certificate is issued of the formalities accepted for filing and pending registration in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2445

When the department responsible for land registration, issuing a certificate to the new holder of a right in rem in immovable property, omits to register a mortgage, the right remains in the hands of…

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