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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 559-1

If the writ is a service of a decision, the bailiff must have completed the steps provided for in Articles 555 to 559 within a maximum period of forty-five days from the request of the public prosecut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article R112-5

I. - The threshold mentioned in article L. 112-6-1 is set at 3,000 euros. II. - In addition to the information usually provided for the execution of a payment transaction, the payer initiating the tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations.

Article R351-5

It is an offence for any person charged in any capacity whatsoever with the management or administration of a credit institution or one of the institutions or services mentioned in Article L. 518-1 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R4312-5

The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected for outstanding commitments.The outturn balance of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-56

Pursuant to article L. 5134-67-2, an employer wishing to extend aid for professional integration under the contrat initiative-emploi must submit a prior request to the authority that granted the initi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-57

Upon medical assessment of the need to derogate from the maximum periods of non-medical accommodation provided for in article R. 6111-56, the limitations provided for in this article are not applicabl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article D211-53

The Ecole Nationale des Sports de Montagne comprises two sites, the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie) and the Centre National de Ski Nordique et de Moyenne Mo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical provisions for life assurance, marriage and natality insurance and capitalisation operations

Article R343-5

The provision for liquidity risk is established when the investments referred to in Article R. 343-10, with the exception of depreciable securities which the insurance undertaking has the capacity and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L3122-5

Immediately after the election of the president and under his chairmanship, the departmental council determines the number of vice-presidents and other members of the permanent commission. Members of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-5

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 6122-1 is subject to compliance with commitments relating, on the one hand, to the expenditure to be borne by the health insurance scheme or to the volume o…

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