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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-3

…8 and R. 2322-12; 4° Any information on the conduct of award procedures carried out electronically; 5° The reasons for any decisions concerning the participation in the award procedure of economic ope…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-2

When an investment service provider other than a portfolio management company informs clients that the service referred to in Article L. 321-1 (5) is provided independently :1° It evaluates a sufficie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4

The rules relating to unseizable bank balances are set out in articles R. 162-1 to R. 162-8, R. 112-5 and R. 213-10 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, reproduced below:…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64

…ation given and requests made pursuant to the Articles 63-2 to 63-3-1 and the action taken on them; 5° Whether a full search or internal body investigations were carried out. These mentions must be sp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-1

When all or part of the remuneration due under a partnership contract or a contract referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code in respect of investment costs, wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…ation of the driving licence with a ban on applying for a new licence for a maximum of three years; 5° A ban on driving certain land-based motor vehicles, including those for which a driving licence i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…uivalent offences under the legislation of another Member State of the European Union" are deleted; 5° In article L. 2342-2, the words: "outside the territory of the European Union" are replaced by th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT TO STAY ON FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L542-2

…for in Article L. 753-5;d) a rejection decision in the cases provided for in article L. 531-24 and 5° of article L. 531-27;e) a closure decision taken pursuant to articles L. 531-37 or L. 531-38; a f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L656-2

…tory of New Caledonia. "4° The provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 614-11 do not apply; 5° In Article L. 615-1, the provisions of 1° do not apply; 6° In Article L. 632-2, the words: "Law n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-2

…erty, its location and the designation of its custodian or the amount of the sum to be confiscated; 5° The grounds for the confiscation order, a description of the facts constituting the offence, the…

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