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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Authorisation for credit institutions and investment firms to bid directly on behalf of their clients at auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances

Article L613-70

The authorisation provided for in Article 18(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, management and other aspects of the auctioning of greenhouse gas emission…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-20

…1335-19; 3° The conditions for operating the storage reservoir mentioned in II of article R. 1335-18;4° The measures to be implemented in the event of a malfunction in the collective water misting s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-13

…2-2, article L. 811-11-1, article L. 814-5, the last paragraph of article L. 621-4, articles L. 622-18, L. 626-25 and L. 641-8, article R. 621-12 as well as articles R. 814-24 and R. 814-38.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.

Article R642-24

When the official receiver, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 642-18, authorises the liquidator to resume the property seizure procedure suspended by the judgment opening the judicial liq…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-6

…articles L. 2121-10, L. 2121-11, L. 2121-12, L. 2121-17, in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-18, articles L. 2121-20 and L. 2121-21 apply to the convening, meetings and deliberations of the tra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-12

…o be represented before the mediator under the conditions set out in articles L. 2522-3 and R. 2522-18 .If, without a legitimate reason, a party who has been duly summoned does not appear or is not re…

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

Article R937-7

In the second paragraph of Article R. 723-6, the words: "until 6 p.m. on the twentieth day preceding that of the counting of votes in the first ballot" are replaced by the words: "until the twentieth…

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

Article R947-7

In the second paragraph of Article R. 723-6, the words: "until 6 p.m. on the twentieth day preceding that of the counting of votes in the first ballot" are replaced by the words "until the twentieth d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-16

…nder the conditions set out in I of article D. 2564-17 and in the last paragraph of article D. 2564-18. No request for payment from the beneficiary may be made after this period has expired. However,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…0 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-17n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-18, with the exception of IIno. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-19n° 2005-1677 of 28 December 200…

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