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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to personal recovery without compulsory liquidation and to personal recovery with compulsory liquidation

Article R743-1

…the debtor by the registry when the judgment referred to in Article R. 741-12, R. 741-16 or R. 742-17.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 754

…t in Article 712-6. To this end, this magistrate may issue the warrants provided for in article 712-17. The decision of the sentence enforcement judge, which is provisionally enforceable, may be appea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1245-3

…ster for Health and the Minister for Research pursuant to Annex IV 1.7 of Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-50-1

…Personal data is kept on the AMF's official website in compliance with the rules set out in Act 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties.Where applicable, the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and appointment of a provisional administrator

Article D6323-19-2

…regional cross-industry joint committee no longer complies with the provisions of articles L. 6323-17-6, D. 6323-20-1, D. 6323-21, D. 6323-21-2 and D. 6323-21-4. II -When the regional prefect finds t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…of the Commercial Code and the concept of group is understood within the meaning of Article L. 233-17-2 of the same code;e) Firms whose investment services are limited to the management of an employe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme

Article L214-89

…t exceed the amount of his share in the capital. For the application of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-17, the units of the forestry investment groupings mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 21…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 sexvicies

…ties acquired in 2009 and 2010, 18% for properties acquired in 2011 and 11% for those acquired from 2012.However, for homes purchased in 2012, the tax reduction rate remains set at 18% for purchases f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII quinquies : Compliance programme penalties

Article 764-44

…or in Article 131-39-2 of the Criminal Code has been imposed on a company mentioned in I of Article 17 de la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 relative à la transparence, à la lutte contre la corrup…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS

Article L264-1

…2, articles L. 722-1 to L. 722-8, L. 731-1, article L. 731-3, articles L. 731-5, L. 733-1 to L. 733-17, L. 753-1 to L. 753-12, L. 754-3 to L. 754-8.

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