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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-11

Articles L. 422-7 to L. 422-10 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. For the application of article L. 422-7 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Pol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Information for foreign creditors and declaration of claims

Article L693-1

Any foreign creditor or his agent or representative of his choice and, where applicable, the insolvency practitioners appointed to represent the interests of creditors in insolvency proceedings opened…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Information for foreign creditors and declaration of claims

Article R693-1

Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, the provisions of articles R. 624-1 to R. 624-11 shall apply to foreign creditors.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-12

…e issue of a European arrest warrant are, under the law of the issuing Member State, the following: 1° Offences punishable by deprivation of liberty for a period equal to or exceeding one year or, whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-14

The European arrest warrant sent to the competent authority of another Member State must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing Member State or into…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-15

…alert in the Schengen Information System, together with the information provided for in Article 695-13, shall constitute a European arrest warrant. As a transitional measure, until such time as the Sc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-13

…me force under the law of the issuing Member State and falling within the scope of the Articles 695-12 and 694-32;the nature and legal classification of the offence, particularly with regard to articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-11

The European arrest warrant is a judicial decision issued by a Member State of the European Union, known as the issuing Member State, with a view to the arrest and surrender by another Member State, k…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

Article L695-1

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners, between courts and between insolvency practitioners, and between courts, in insolvency pro…

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