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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28

…mits set by these laws.Where the law provides that these officials and agents may be required by letter rogatory from the investigating judge, they shall exercise, within the limits of the letter roga…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

I.-Category A and B customs officers, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-3

…nt Code assigned to the French Biodiversity Office, specially designated by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Environment, taken after the assent of a commission whose co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1-1

…out the tasks entrusted to them by law and who have been specially designated by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for the budget may, regardless of the administration to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-16

As soon as he receives a payment instrument, the Payment Service User shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard the security of his personalised security data.He shall use the payment instrument in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-15

…own by decree.III. - The payment service provider shall prevent any use of the payment instrument after having been informed, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 133-17, of its loss, theft…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-17

…data linked to it, he shall inform his payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter without delay so that the instrument can be blocked.II. - Where payment is made by means of a pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-93

…L. 228-40 if bonds or redeemable shares are to be issued, or in other cases, under the conditions determined by the issuing company in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-36-A.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-97

…cribe for or acquire a security, it may be stipulated that these securities will be redeemed only after the other creditors, excluding or including holders of equity loans and equity securities, have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-91

Companies limited by shares may issue transferable securities giving access to the capital or entitling the holder to the allotment of debt securities. The issue contract may provide that these securi…

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