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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-15

…representatives, directors, staff and agents of the associations referred to in I of Article L. 519-11 of this Code are bound by professional secrecy in the context of the tasks referred to in I, unde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article L751-7

…rcial shall comply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I of Article 11 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Their declarations of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…eld or collected in the performance of their respective missions, without the provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy being an obstacle to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R766-3

…of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation are deleted; 4° In Article R. 711-1, the provisions of 1° are not applicable; 5° In Article R. 722-1, the words: "by Council Decisi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R765-3

…of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation are deleted; 4° In Article R. 711-1, the provisions of 1° are not applicable; 5° In Article R. 722-1, the words: "by Council Decisi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals volunteering in France

Article D426-12

…n the event of withdrawal of the approval mentioned in article L. 426-21, the provisions of article 11 of the decree of 29 September 2006 are applicable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-13

Any creditor registered on a business may, where article L. 143-11 does not apply, request that it be put up for sale by public auction, offering to pay the principal price, excluding equipment and go…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-17

…notification of the region's participation, the procedure provided for in e and f of article L. 421-11 of the Education Code shall be applied, subject to the second paragraph of article L. 114-13 of t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-12

…the persons accommodated during the stays. On the basis of the file provided for in article R. 412-11, it may ask the organisation that applied for approval to provide further details and make observ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-17

…ce shall obtain the convicted person's consent where this is required pursuant to 3° of Article 728-11. If the convicted person is a minor or is the subject of a protection measure, the court shall al…

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