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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…n for the investment costs of ports transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 6 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption from producing all the documents mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-1

Article R313-14

The following are exempt from presenting the documents provided for in articles R. 311-3, R. 313-1 to R. 313-4 and R. 313-6 to R. 313-8: 1° Andorran and Monegasque nationals; 2° Foreign nationals hold…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-5

…Book VI of this Code as applicable in accordance with the last paragraph of Article L. 940-1 or Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the judicial reorganisation and liquidation of companies or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R519-51

I.-The association shall set up a committee responsible for imposing the sanctions mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 519-13 and in article L. 513-14 on its members. This committee m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article R214-47

…scription or acquisition price of the securities or rights sold. As from the date on which the fund may enter a pre-liquidation period as referred to in articles R. 214-53 and R. 214-54, the denominat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-65

…scription or acquisition price of the securities or rights sold. As from the date on which the fund may enter a pre-liquidation period as referred to in articles R. 214-71 and R. 214-72, the denominat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles

Article A823-5

…e basis of the elements collected during the performance of audit procedures, the statutory auditor may decide to modify the elements planned and recorded in the engagement plan and work programme. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-46

…ntract. The contract also provides, on pain of suspension of access to the numbers concerned, which may be followed by termination of the contract in the event of repetition, that the subscriber provi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

…e an informed personal decision alone, the judge or the family council, if it has been constituted, may provide that he or she will benefit from the assistance of the person responsible for his or her…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3-1

…hands of his or her spouse, cohabitee or partner in a civil solidarity pact, the public prosecutor may allocate to the victim, for a renewable period of six months and if he or she expressly consents…

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