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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

…"within the meaning of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems" are deleted; 2° After the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

…session of French status.For a period of three years from the publication of the loi n° 2006-911 du 24 juillet 2006 relative à l'immigration et à l'intégration, for the application of the second parag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Action by the administrative authority

Article D1233-12

…economic committee, or, in the event of negotiation of an agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 by the representative trade union organisations in the company, to the regional director of com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14

…that may be allocated to members of the municipal council pursuant to articles L. 2123-23, L. 2123-24, L. 2123-24-1 and, where applicable, L. 2123-22. The actual amount of this training expenditure m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-5

When requesting the opening of an investigation, the public prosecutor may, if the search to establish the truth for a crime or an offence punishable by a sentence of three years' imprisonment or more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-1

…ofArticle L. 2131-4, and subject to having exhausted all the possibilities offered by Articles L. 1241-1 to L. 1241-7, pre-implantation diagnosis may also be authorised when the following conditions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R594-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L734-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions set out in II, in the wording indicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial guarantee

Article R519-17

I. - The guarantee provided for in article L. 519-4 is triggered by the default of the intermediary in banking transactions and payment services, without the guarantor being able to claim the benefit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-15

…ist by the juge-commissaire are deemed to have been declared under the conditions of Article L. 622-24. In this case, the creditor shall send the judicial representative the information provided for i…

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