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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-17

A copy of the orders made by the president of the commercial court pursuant to articles R. 722-8 and R. 722-11 to R. 722-16 is sent to the heads of the court of appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article D47-1-17

Failure to comply with the information obligations set out in articles D. 47-1-10, D. 47-1-11, D. 47-1-14 and D. 47-1-16 does not constitute grounds for nullity.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1508

…rations provided for in articles 1406 and 1502, and those provided for in XVII of article 34 of law n° 2010-1658 du 29 décembre 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010 font l'objet de rôles particuli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-8

…with the agreement of the president of the regional council, convene it in another location.As an exception to the previous paragraph, in the regions grouped pursuant to the loi n° 2015-29 du 16 janvi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-3

The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 are applicable to transactions concluded on an organised trading system.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R242-20

A repeat offence of the offences punishable under articles R. 242-16 to R. 242-19 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-191

The jury for the technical test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modifiedorder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the national ski instructor diploma in alpine skiing.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: STAYS OF MORE THAN THREE MONTHS

Article R233-18

…16 is not subject to possession of the residency permit that these articles provide for, or of the certificate of application for a residency permit.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-20

…ne to complete, under the conditions provided for in article L. 2113-23 as it read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, the consultative commis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…1 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 1621-2 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 1621-3La loi n° 2021-771 du 17 juin 2021 ratifiant les ordonnances n° 2021-45 du 20 janvier 2021 et n° 2021-71 du…

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