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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…m the decreeR. 312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20…

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

Article L163-1

It is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros for the drawee to refuse payment of a cheque, except in the cases mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 131-35, on the grounds that the drawer has m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3513-3

In the places referred to in 1° and 2° and in the buildings housing the places referred to in 3° of Article L. 3513-6, clearly visible signs indicate the principle of the ban on vaping and, where appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Sale of other property.

Article R642-37-2

The official receiver shall rule on the sale after receiving the observations of the auditors and hearing or duly summoning the debtor and his spouse, where the latter is in one of the situations prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-12

The fee for the social investigation mentioned in articles 1072, 1171 and 1221 of the Code of Civil Procedure is set at 600 euros for a natural person and 700 euros for a legal entity. The amount of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-1

Taking into account the specific context of his jurisdiction, the public prosecutor implements the criminal policy defined by the general instructions of the Minister of Justice, specified and, where…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-22

When the AIF acquires, disposes of or holds shares in a company whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-17

The fees payable referred to in the third paragraph of Article R. 614-5 are the filing fee and, where applicable, the fee for drawing up the search report provided for in article R. 612-5. In the case…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the central pricing office.

Article A250-1

The central pricing office instituted by article L. 125-6, when presented with a proposal to cover the risks of natural catastrophes, may, in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-13

The closing of the local authority's accounts is constituted by the vote of the territorial council on the administrative account presented by the president of the territorial council after transmissi…

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