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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-5

…59 of the Convention relating to the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed in Rome on 18 July 1998, the liberty and custody judge may, until the person's appearance before the investigat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-16

…rules of the market.II. - For the implementation of the emergency measures provided for in Articles 18 to 21 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1056

…aw;b) By associations syndicales and cooperatives for reconstruction acting under article 16 of law no. 50-531 of 2 June 1950 and by associations syndicales de remembrement, from some of their members…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-17

…3° are deemed to be met for money market instruments covered by 1° to 3° of I of article R. 214-32-18, unless the general-purpose investment fund has information leading to different conclusions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.

Article R214-212

…ay include shares in sociétés anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation and shares in mutual or cooperative ba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R752-4

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 De…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-6

…es for installing and using work equipment as set out in articles R. 4323-6, R. 4323-14 and R. 4323-18 ; 4° Rules for checking work equipment as set out in articles R. 4323-22 to R. 4323-28 ; 5° Speci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

…f registration on the jobseekers' list or to a change of category as referred to in Article R. 5411-18 ; 3° Decisions to remove a person from the jobseekers' list, as provided for in Articles L. 5412-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 H

…n set out in 1° of this II, the tax credits provided for in A and 3 of E of II of Article 60 of Law no. 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 on finance for 2017 are not taken into account.The amount of incom…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Content of the contract

Article 1165

In contracts for the provision of services, in the absence of agreement between the parties prior to their performance, the price may be fixed by the creditor, who is responsible for giving reasons fo…

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