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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Prohibition on issuing cheques ordered by the criminal court.

Article R131-33

…l civil status, last known address and, where applicable, the name under which the person is known; 3° An indication of the court that imposed the ban and the date of the decision; 4° The duration of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims.

Article R313-24

For the purposes of 2° of I of article L. 513-3, eligible guaranteed loans are those for which a credit institution, finance company or insurance company with equity of at least 12 million euros is a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article R113-3

…subsidies paid by local authorities and their groupings in respect of the previous sporting season; 3° A forecast document indicating the planned use of the subsidies requested. These documents must b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-31

…inancial or technical reasons for the proposed redundancies;2° The number of redundancies envisaged;3° The professional categories concerned and the proposed criteria for the order of redundancies;4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-3

…the exception of those whose purpose includes the practice of the care activities mentioned in a of 3° of article L. 4041-2, are not subject to the prior formalities required of applicants for the ind…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article R225-3

In order to implement the transfer of rights referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 225-3, the manager of the retirement savings plan has two months in which to send the provider of the Fre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single section: Infringements of market transparency

Article R465-3

The time limits mentioned in II and III of article L. 465-3-6 run from the date shown on the acknowledgement of receipt of the registered letter or the date shown on the receipt of the letter delivere…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

…ourt of the chief town of the department are replaced by references to the court of first instance; 3° References to the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Specific provisions relating to assets held in sub-ledger accounts

Article R332-65

For the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2, the provisions of this chapter, and in particular Article R. 332-1-1 and Articles R. 332-3 and R. 332-3-1 , apply separately to each portfolio o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-5

The bodies referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 131-3 elect representatives from among their members to the governing bodies of the sports federation under the conditions laid down in its articles o…

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