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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

…er for the Economy shall issue an Order specifying the conditions for application of Article L. 522-11. In particular, it shall set out the procedures for informing the public of decisions to withdraw…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D754-11

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-11

Following notification of the extradition request, if he decides not to release the person claimed, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or to the judg…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-11

…itional penalty is also applicable to persons guilty of one of the offences defined in articles 222-11 to 222-13, 322-1 to 322-4, 322-6, 322-11 and 433-6 of the Penal Code when this offence has been c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

…the policyholder must facilitate the insurer's exercise of its right of inspection. Claims Article 11 Notification of claim The policyholder must, on pain of forfeiture, and except in the case of unf…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…107 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Article 54 of Section 11 relating to aid schemes for audiovisual works.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-11

…ictim of a natural disaster, or a person who is the subject of a search under the article 26 of law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming and whose death is presumed, samples…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-11

I.-The hosting contract referred to in the last paragraph of I of Article L. 1111-8 is concluded between the hosting provider and its customer. It contains at least the following clauses: 1° An indica…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-14

…e contribution to the maintenance and education of the children taken pursuant to 5° of Article 515-11 of the Civil Code and ordered prior to the decision ruling, even provisionally, on the applicatio…

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