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Showing 741750 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R83

The identity check provided for by Article R. 77 must be carried out before the bulletin no. 3 is issued to persons born in France. If the result of this examination proves negative, the automated nat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article R783-21

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article R784-16

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article R782-21

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R541-1

…PPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION R. 512-1 to R. 512-5, R. 512-7 to R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38Resulting from décret n° 2018-1116 du 10 décembre 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R784-7

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-30n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-30-1No. 2014-1357 of 13 November 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 M…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Criminal provisions

Article L753-19

Article L. 351-1, as amended by Law 2018-700 of 3 August 2018, is applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article D732-1

Article D. 112-3 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended by Decree no. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article D733-1

Article D. 112-3 is applicable in French Polynesia, as amended by Decree no. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L690-1

The court seised of an application to open insolvency proceedings in respect of a debtor may open, as the case may be, main insolvency proceedings or territorial or secondary insolvency proceedings.

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