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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-23

When all incidents that have occurred on the account have been regularised in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section, a document certifying this regularisation is given or sent to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-28

…re of appearance on prior recognition of guilt on appeal pursuant to the last paragraph of Article 495-15, it shall inform the President of the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Court of Appeal before w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Assumption of commissions payable by beneficiaries of loan guarantees (R)

Article R1511-28

In all cases, the lender must inform the borrower, before the loan agreement is signed, of the terms and conditions of the involvement of the local authorities or their groupings and in particular tho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Decisions and appeals

Article R824-25

…ond case, prohibition from practising the profession of statutory auditor. The person so sanctioned may not claim to be an auditor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-28

The separate files and the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-281

In the event of death, at the request of the heirs, the Conseil national de l'ordre may authorise a practitioner to operate the dental practice, for a period which it shall determine in the light of s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 195

The parties questioned sign the minutes, after reading them, or certify them as true to their statements, in which case a note to this effect is made in the minutes. Where appropriate, it shall be sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2386

Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-9

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. The provis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-9

The State guarantee provided for in e of 1° of Article L. 432-2 is granted by decision of the Minister for the Economy after it has been established that the credit insurance market has failed.The mar…

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