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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-28

…aken. It gives rise to the drawing up of a report under the conditions provided for in articles R. 512-10 and R. 512-11.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Decisions on placement under electronic surveillance, modification or withdrawal of the measure

Article R57-16

…and places of assignment as well as the obligations resulting from the provisions of article R. 622-19 of the Penitentiary Code and, where applicable, the measures provided for in articles 132-43 to 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-16

…fonction publique territoriale, who carries out the control operations defined in the 2° of article 19 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-23

…rned by private or public law, or to a natural person in the exercise of his professional activity, may give rise to the assignment or pledging by the beneficiary of the credit of any claim that the b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article L236-28

Where the contribution referred to in article L. 236-27 is carried out between joint-stock companies, between limited liability companies or between one or more joint-stock companies and one or more l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-19

…nstitution or investment firm, the deposit guarantee and resolution fund referred to in Article L. 312-4, if it intervenes, shall inform each depositor of the amount of the claims excluded from its sc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-19

…for the identification of natural persons, provided for in the ninth paragraph of I of article L. 312-19, the institutions mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 312-19 may in particular…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638

…ifferent tax rates, with regard to each of the taxes levied pursuant to 1° to 4° of I of Article 1379, may be applied, depending on the territory of the pre-existing communes, during a transitional pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

The operation referred to in Article 230-32 is authorised: 1° As part of an investigation in flagrante delicto, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Forfeiture of French nationality

Article 25-1

…ce is only incurred if the acts of which the person concerned is accused and referred to in article 25 occurred prior to the acquisition of French nationality or within ten years of the date of such a…

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