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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-19

…onally or through gross negligence failed to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 133-16 and L. 133-17.V. - Unless he has acted fraudulently, the payer shall bear no financial consequenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-4

…is application within eight days to the president of the public body provided for in article L. 143-16 of the town planning code within whose territory the development is planned. The latter may propo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-1

…public health, in the event of a serious and exceptional health risk, as provided for inarticle L. 16-10-1 of the Social Security Code, in particular an epidemic, requiring the urgent adoption of app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-2

The reasons set out in the letter of dismissal provided for in articles L. 1232-6, L. 1233-16 and L. 1233-42 may, after notification thereof, be specified by the employer, either on its own initiative…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

…initial application; 4° Which relates to an invention that is not patentable under articles L. 611-16 to L. 611-19 ; 5° Whose subject matter cannot be considered an invention within the meaning of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-17

…ns. Members are not required to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18 and L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 with regard to transactions concluded on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

…n or the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.At the end of the period provided for in article L. 526-16, the undertaking loses the status of electronic money institution and must have changed its corpo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-9-1

…al Code; d) When they carry out operations falling within the classes mentioned in 1, 2, 17, 18 and 16a of Article R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code, at least half of their contributions are paid by their p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-52

…et for the exchange, with an indication of the persons who have undertaken to ensure such exchange; 16° The amortisation schedule for the loan.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R3

The commission provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whose assent is required for the appointment of members of the national gendarmerie and civil servants from the…

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