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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-78

The holder of an account who has been served with an injunction to stop issuing cheques shall recover this right as soon as he has regularised the situation in accordance with the conditions set out i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-72

…forms other than those issued for a withdrawal of funds by the drawer from the drawee or for certification may not, subject to the provisions of Article L. 131-78 and under the conditions set out in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-12

…nt plan; 5° The establishment's initial budget and amending budgets, the financial account, the allocation of profits, the employment table and loans; 6° Contracts, public procurement contracts, grant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-12

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in L. 313-4-2 du code de l'urbanisme" are replaced by the words: "the eva…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…Evaluation and Statistics, the Directorate General for Health and the Directorate General for Healthcare Provision, the Directorate for Social Security, the General Secretariat of the Social Ministrie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…e treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 must enable compliance with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Supporting documents and other evidence relating to the conditions for participation

Article R2343-12

The provisions of article R. 2143-12 apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L941-12

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code" are replac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L754-12

…apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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