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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article R775-38

…3-0 No 2018-284 of 18 April 2018 R. 561-4 and R. 561-5 No. 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 R. 561-5-1 n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021 R. 561-5-2 to R. 561-9 n° 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 R. 561-10 n° 2021…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-4

Where the parties have chosen the law of a State which is not a member of the European Union to govern the contract, the court before which that law is invoked is obliged to set aside its application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions to the fire and rescue service budget from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace

Article L1424-98

In compliance with the competitive tendering rules set out in the public procurement code, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace may carry out, on behalf of and at the request of one of the public esta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions to the fire and rescue service budget from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace

Article L1424-97

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-6

…his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, insofar as such…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: Request for a formal statement of position

Article L1824-1

…ct to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1116-1 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 II.-For the application of Article L. 1116-1, the words: "local aut…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-1

…ile within its territory. II. - No section de commune may be formed as from the promulgation of loi n° 2013-428 du 27 mai 2013 modernisant le régime des sections de commune.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax system

Article 575 E bis

I.- (Repealed).II.-For the various tobacco products, the retail selling price applied in Corsica is at least equal to a percentage of the continental selling prices for the same products, set in accor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-5

…on to hear legal actions in which one of the parties is a company formed in accordance with the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérale…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-31

When the sentence enforcement judge is required to travel to a prison in order to carry out the duties devolved upon him or her by this Code or by the provisions of the Criminal Code, travel and subsi…

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