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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-9

Extracts from the register mentioned in Article R. 511-4 are issued upon written request, dated and signed by the applicant, specifying, in capital letters for surnames, the surname, forenames, compan…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3381-4

…re replaced by the words "in the Official Journal of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories";4° The first paragraph of Article R. 3123-18 reads as follows:"Applicants established in the local a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-4

…e management reports for the last three financial years of the companies involved in the operation ;4° An accounting statement prepared using the same methods and in the same format as the last annual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-4-1

I.-The competent regional or central council shall verify the applicant's qualifications. It shall refuse registration if the applicant does not meet the conditions laid down in articles L. 4222-4 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-167

I. - This section does not apply to securitisation undertakings, with the exception of this sub-section and I and II of article L. 214-24.II. - By way of derogation from I, securitisation undertakings…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-10

…es for postponing and revoking a transaction request that has not been executed in whole or in part;4° The procedures for settling transactions on the contract.When the member or policyholder of a con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

…nale de prévoyance de la fonction publique mentionné à l'article L. 132-23 du code des assurances ; 4° Une convention d'assurance de groupe dénommée "complémentaire retraite des hospitaliers" mentionn…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions at the buyer's discretion

Article L2141-7-1

The purchaser may exclude from the procedure for the award of a contract persons subject to Article L. 225-102-4 of the French Commercial Code who do not comply with the obligation to draw up a due di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-3

The automated national judicial file of perpetrators of terrorist offences is an automated application of nominative information maintained by the national criminal records department under the author…

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