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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operating resources

Article R784-4

…In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-102021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 612-11 and R. 612-12n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-13 and R. 612-14n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-15n° 2013-978 of 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-2

…ge plan and operational regulations.The classification criteria, defined by order of the Prefect of Mayotte, are based on the number of simultaneous departures for fire-fighting, emergency personal as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Managing employment and skills - Preventing the consequences of economic change.

Article L320-4

…compulsory retirements at the initiative of the employer under the conditions of article L. 122-14-13 and the number of employees aged sixty and over made redundant during the calendar year preceding…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…teaching and hospital staff of university and hospital centres, governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to the teaching and hospital staff of university and hospital centres.tenu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-17

In the event of conviction to a fine, the court shall specify in its decision the amount of the fine remaining due after deduction of the amount of the deposit.In the event of a decision to acquit, or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…terms of his personal safety or that of his family if he does not purchase the product or service; 13° Promoting a product or service similar to that of another clearly identified supplier, in such a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-83

…in the cases provided for in the contract of issue, the representatives of the group of bondholders may release the registrations, even without noting the repayment of the loan, if they have been auth…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 291

…of the parties, if necessary in the presence of a consultant, or any other investigative measure.He may hear the alleged author of the contested writing.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 67

The provisions of articles 54 to 66, with the exception of those in the'article 64-1, are applicable, in the case of a flagrant offence, in all cases where the law provides for a prison sentence.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-145

Associations in the event of survival or death created by tontines may only be validly constituted if they have at least two hundred members.

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