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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Crossed cheques

Article L131-45

A cheque with a general bar may only be paid by the drawee to a banker, an electronic money institution, a payment institution, a head of a postal cheque centre or a customer of the drawee. A speciall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R1173-12

…orisation holder the opportunity to submit written observations within a period that it sets, which may not be less than fifteen days. If, at the end of this period, and taking into account any observ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-9-1

…id to the Treasury by way of settlement, or one of these two measures only. The recipient companies may consult the file subject to the protection of business secrecy.The recipient companies are invit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-58

…gates elected by these members. For the application of this second option, the member-policyholders may be divided into groups according to the nature of the contract taken out or according to regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

…id, the purchaser, if he has regained possession of the business, is automatically the receiver and may only perform acts of administration. However, he may apply to the Commercial Court or the interi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: CONDITIONS OF RECEPTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L553-3

…epayment purposes, in the event of undue payment, the French Office for Immigration and Integration may make deductions from future instalments due for any reason whatsoever. The amount of the deducti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 795

…the ninth paragraph of Article 789 are not subject to opposition. An appeal or appeal in cassation may only be lodged with the judgment ruling on the merits. However, they may be appealed in the case…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-2

…to account all new facts or unknown elements on which one or more applications previously submitted may have been based and shall refer to the judgment formation of the Court of Revision and Reconside…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-56

…he anti-doping delegate appoints the escorts made available to the person in charge of the test. He may perform this function himself. The person in charge of testing shall ensure that the escorts so…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-4

In commercial operations, employees may not be employed on the first day of Christmas, Easter or Pentecost.On other Sundays and public holidays, they may not work for more than five hours.By means of…

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