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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-8

…of direct debits and without prejudice to the right to reimbursement referred to in Article L. 133-25, the payer may revoke the payment order no later than the end of the business day preceding the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-1

…rticle L. 3341-1 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-646 of 25 May 2021 on comprehensive security preserving freedoms.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4363-3

…out in article 131-38 of the same code, as well as the penalties set out in 2° to 4° of article 433-25 of the same code.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-1

…ational, coming from a country considered to be a safe country of origin pursuant to article L. 531-25, beyond the first five days of detention with the sole aim of thwarting the effective and imminen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-10

…access to the traineeship provided for in 4° of article R. 321-18 and articles R. 321-20 to R. 321-25 shall take place at least once a year. The dates and locations of the tests are set, after consul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-21

…credit institution within the meaning of Article 6(4) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 ;3b. The expression: "participating Member State" means a State participating in the si…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-8

…les L. 217-3 et seq. or that of digital content and digital services referred to in articles L. 224-25-12 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, and the application of the legal warranty for hidden defe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-7

…older; 2° Where the investor crosses, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert, the threshold of 25% of the voting rights in the capital of an entity over which it has previously acquired control b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4-1

…hout prejudice to Article 78 of the aforementioned Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 and for the application of Article L. 424-7, the multilateral trading facility as a gr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-5

…44-2; 2° The personal and family medical history, collected in application of 1° of article R. 1211-25 ; 3° The results of the health screening tests mentioned in 2° of article R. 1211-25 and in artic…

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