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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions

Article L317-1

Banque de France officials commissioned by the Minister for the Economy and the officials referred to in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code are authorised, in the course of their dut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-7

…the first paragraph of article 122-1 of the French Criminal Code, from a decision to discontinue proceedings, a decision that the person is not criminally irresponsible or a judgment or ruling declari…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10

…vailable funds without indicating, where this is the case, that the cheque has been issued in defiance of an injunction issued pursuant to article L. 131-73 or in breach of a prohibition issued pursua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1963

…provided by the décret-loi du 26 mars 1852 relatif aux rues de Paris; 2° Aux plans, procès-verbaux, certificats, jugements, contrats, quittances et autres actes faits en vertu des articles L. 521-8 an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L3332-3

Revenue from the investment section consists in particular of:1° Proceeds from borrowings;2° repealed;3° The departmental investment support grant;4° The departmental equipment grant for collèges;5° P…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…ONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragraph of Article L. 5214-8, the words: "of Articles L. 3123-9-2 an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting rules.

Article R144-5

…article R. 123-187 and R. 123-189 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to the Banque de France, subject to the exceptions provided for in articles R. 143-6 and R. 143-7. An Order of the Minist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-10

…d in respect of the same payment mentioned in 1 to 3 of I or 1 of III of the same article may not exceed one of the following ceilings expressed as a percentage of the payment:a) 30% in total over the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Resignation for refusal of service

Article D1442-20

The president of the industrial tribunal, after obtaining the opinion of the vice-president, records the refusal of service of an industrial tribunal member of his court as provided for in article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-10

…the debtor legal entity or the debtor natural person by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt and by ordinary letter, reproducing the terms of I of Article L. 611-2 and, where applicable,…

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