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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Appeal against the order ruling on the application for enforcement

Article 1500

An appeal may be lodged against an order refusing enforcement within one month of service. In such a case, the Court of Appeal shall, at the request of a party, hear the appeal or the action to set as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R743-15

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decree R. 221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R744-15

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decree R. 221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

…basis of the ninth paragraph of Article 81, Articles 82-1 and 82-3, the first paragraph of Article 156 and the third paragraph of Article 173, provided that they are not inadmissible pursuant to Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1771

The farmer cannot obtain a remission where the loss of the fruit occurs after it has been separated from the land, unless the lease gives the owner a share of the harvest in kind, in which case the ow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

The articles L. 2511-9, L. 2511-10-1 à L. 2511-13, L. 2511-15 et L. 2511-17to L. 2511-23, the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2511-25, les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1585

Where goods are not sold en bloc, but by weight, count or measure, the sale is not perfected, in the sense that the things sold are at the seller's risk until they are weighed, counted or measured; bu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…hall examine the investigation or inspection report drawn up by the departments of the Autorité des marchés financiers or the request made by the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous measures

Article 1756

…ent, shall be remitted, with the exception of the increases provided for in b and c of 1 of article 1728 and articles 1729 and 1732 and the fines mentioned in articles 1737 and 1740 A as well as 3° an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZL

…ied out by means of a player account opened on a dedicated site as defined in Article 24 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online g…

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