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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-24

…ng sanctions on a member of the Crédit Mutuel who breaches the regulations in force: 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° Removal from the list provided for in article R. 512-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article D752-24

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation

Article R2331-2

The social and economic committee or the representative trade union organisations of the dominant undertaking or of an undertaking in the group may refer to the judicial court at the registered office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-2

Only the following may issue savings bonds1° Credit institutions ;2° Natural persons and companies that operate as traders and have drawn up the balance sheet for their first financial year.Savings bo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Purchasing pooling

Article L2313-2

…in the European Union whose purpose is to carry out one of the following centralised purchasing activities:1° The acquisition of defence or security supplies or services intended for buyers;2° The aw…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising rules

Article R2162-29

…stence of a qualification system when its period of validity is changed without it being terminated;2° An award notice when the system is terminated.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Signing the contract

Article R2182-2

…equired: 1° Where the contract is awarded solely to the operator who took part in the consultation; 2° For the award of subsequent contracts based on a framework agreement or specific contracts based…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article D313-29

The indemnity provided for in article L. 313-60 in the event of default by the lessee in the performance of hire-purchase contracts or leases accompanied by a promise to sell may not exceed 2% of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to borough mayors, deputy borough mayors and borough councillors (R).

Article R2511-21

…of article R. 2123-5, the number of hours credited for one quarter is equal to: 1° One hundred and five hours for arrondissement mayors; 2° Fifty-two and a half hours for deputy arrondissement mayors;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-4-2

The tasks entrusted by articles R. 15-33-11 à R. 15-33-13 to the magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities with regard to customs officers are applicable to tax…

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