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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Liability regime

Article L133-18

…ent transaction reported by the payment service user under the conditions set out in Article L. 133-24, the payer's payment service provider shall reimburse the payer the amount of the unauthorised tr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

…he directors in office. However, directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1, directors representing employee shareholders or the company mutual fund pursuant to articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22

…ion of which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l'environnement, shall be declared to the mayor of the commune in whose territory th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-22

…polling station records the total number of voters and determines the total number of votes validly cast and the number of votes obtained by each list. It also determines the electoral quotient by div…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Enforcement of administrative court decisions

Article L614-19

…e appeal against these has been rejected in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles L. 614-7 to L. 614-13.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-19

Except in the cases provided for by articles 226-10 and 441-1 of the Criminal Code, for the author of a request for exoneration or a claim falling under the provisions of Article 529-10 of this code,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-25-1

Agents who carry out their duties in direct contact with families or who personally participate in the conclusion or execution of one of the funeral services provided for by 2°, 3°, 6° and 8° of artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-24

For each couple, the midwives help to ensure that the joint medical record referred to in the second paragraph of Article R. 2142-8 is properly kept. When they work in a medically assisted procreation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

If the ratio, assessed at the end of the financial year, between the sum of the special technical provision and the net unrealised gains and losses on the assets allocated to the special technical pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-24

The appointment to the agency committee of the representatives of the categories of staff is the subject of an agreement between the representative trade union organisations concerned. In the event th…

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