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Showing 32813290 of 44213 articles for Art. CE 21-2-1979 n° 4896

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-2

…d by the Minister for the application of the provisions of 1 of Article L. 611-1 and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 233-14 of the Commercial Code, the public prosecutor, the Autorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-27

…ism: 1° Guarantee commitments made in favour of the following persons: a) Credit institutions, finance companies, portfolio management companies and investment firms, in their own name and on their ow…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2

…tionship with the child and respect the child's ties with the other parent.To this end, by way of exception, at the request of the person directly concerned or the family court judge, the public prose…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acts performed by the tutor with authorisation

Article 507-2

In the event that the estate renounced in the name of the protected person has not been accepted by another heir and as long as the State has not been sent into possession, the renunciation may be rev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

…y be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or, in the case of an offence under Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1, two yea…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to operate as a mobile business

Article R212-2

…ere the activity is carried out by a legal entity, the name, legal form, purpose and registered office address of the legal entity, the name and position of the natural person who represents it legall…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Seizures in the hands of the debtor

Article R221-20

…nt deed, which also states, on pain of nullity, that the debtor has a period of one month from service of the deed to lodge a dispute with the enforcement judge at the place of attachment, which is de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Dematerialisation of communications and exchanges of information

Article L2132-2

Communications and exchanges of information carried out as part of the procedure for awarding a contract shall be carried out electronically, in accordance with the procedures and subject to the excep…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Dematerialisation of communications and exchanges of information

Article L2332-2

Communications and exchanges of information may be carried out electronically.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article L721-2

A geographical indication is the name of a geographical area or a specific place used to designate a product, other than an agricultural, forestry, food or seafood product, which originates there and…

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