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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…they hold in accordance with articles L. 211-36 to L. 211-40 or in accordance with articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are professional in nature. In this case, the info…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

…roup of individuals. 13° Personal data: personal data as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-1

…1110-12 and L. 1110-13 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, and subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For their applic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 17: Maintenance and repair of sports and leisure equipment and motorised personal transport devices

Article R224-70

…ollowing categories of products and spare parts: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29 March 2016 laying down safety requirements for bicycles: a) Wheels; b) Pedals; c) Ped…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L2223-44

…inter-communal undertakers in existence on 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes et relative à la législ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…they hold in accordance with articles L. 211-36 to L. 211-40 or in accordance with articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are professional in nature. In this case, the info…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

…directors representing employee shareholders or the company mutual fund pursuant to article L. 225-23 and, in sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière, the representatives of the société coopérativ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 55

…ile. The child's name is determined in accordance with the rules set out in articles 311-21 and 311-23. In foreign countries, declarations to diplomatic or consular agents are made within fifteen days…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-5

…of the insurance indemnity to the constitution of the limitation fund as set out in articles L. 173-23 and L. 173-24. Air and aviation insurance policies taken out by persons not engaged in a commerci…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article L341-3

Without prejudice to the disclosure rules set out inArticle L. 232-23 of the French Commercial Code, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 341-1, the insurance group companies referred to in Arti…

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