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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L783-2

…ting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A, B of I and IIILaw 2021…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-2

…ting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A, B of I and IIILaw 2021…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-3

The measures taken under articles L. 332-11, L. 332-13, L. 332-14, L. 332-16, L. 332-16-1 and L. 332-16-2 are the subject of an annual public report by the departments of the Ministry of the Interior.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-7

A commercial agent who has set up an assigned asset pursuant to Article L. 526-6 shall file in the special register, within six months of the end of the financial year, the accounting documents mentio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation.

Article R237-10

…mary proceedings, at the request of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 237-14.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contracts

Article R1253-34

In the employment contracts concluded by the employers' group referred to in article R. 1253-14, the geographical area in which the employment contract is to be performed shall be deemed to include th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care

Article R3223-7

…cretariat are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…elles et de tentatives d'atteinte sexuelle prévus aux articles 227-25 to 227-27-2 of the same code; 14° Délit d'incitation à commettre un crime ou un délit à l'encontre d'un mineur, prévu à l'article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-31

I. - Articles L. 2224-18 to L. 2224-20 and article L. 2224-23 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article L. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-36

The authorisation for the sale by mutual agreement of one or more properties, issued pursuant to article L. 642-18, determines the price of each property and the essential terms of the sale. The order…

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