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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article D215-2

I.-For the purposes of identifying the contract to be cancelled, the cancellation feature provided for in article L. 215-1-1 includes sections enabling the trader to be provided with the following inf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D4311-2

The chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accounts "…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-2

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the court that imposed the residence ban, which has become enforceable, will give or arrange for the convicted person to be given a document enabling him or her to pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Health care organisations making the results of quality and safety indicators available to the public

Article D6111-23

Failure to comply with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 6144-1 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 6161-2 may be recorded by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-2

The court, which, pursuant, as the case may be, to articles 712-6,712-7or 712-13, grants this suspension of sentence, may provide that the sentenced person will be subject to one or more of the follow…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 duodecies

Profits invested in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories may, unde…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D361-2-1

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The provisions of articles D. 312-7 to D. 312-7-2 do not apply; 2° In Article D. 312-8-1, the reference to A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 decies

I. - 1 In the event of the contribution of undeveloped land or a similar asset within the meaning of A of l'article 1594-0 G à une société civile de construction répondant aux conditions définies à Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title I: Banking, payment services and the issuance and management of electronic money

Article D314-2

For the purposes of Article L. 314-1, the following definitions apply 1° Direct debit service: a service for debiting a payer's payment account, where a payment transaction is initiated by the payee o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by foreign authorities

Article D48-23

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, enforcement of a financial penalty shall be refused in any of the following cases:

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