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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-31

…securities benefit from the rights listed in articles L. 313-32 and L. 313-33 on condition that the forms recording these loans have been made available to the organisation providing the finance, in a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: RESEARCH AND MONITORING

Article L511-2-1

…n up by the authorised agents referred to in this chapter may be drawn up or converted into digital format and may be stored in their entirety in this form, in secure conditions, without the need for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-6

…ts main characteristics are as follows:1° Brief description: the name of the undertaking, its legal form and the name of the management company;2° Investment and management information: investment obj…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R74

…mpulsory military service, the clerk of the court which pronounced the decision sends a copy of the form to the directorate of recruitment and statistics of the military region in whose territory it i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-83

For the application of article L. 211-4, a training centre is any structure set up by an association or the sports company it has set up which enables young sportsmen and sportswomen over the age of f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4322-23

…icted section of the National Council is made up of eight elected members and sits in a five-member formation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 68

…ame way as defences are presented. They are made against defaulting parties or third parties in the forms provided for the institution of proceedings. On appeal, they are made by way of summons.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 294

…tion, in particular as regards the determination of the comparison documents.His decision takes the form either of a simple mention in the file or in the hearing register or, if necessary, of an order…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 537

…erty that does not belong to private individuals is administered and may only be disposed of in the forms and according to the rules that are specific to it.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L121-1

Sports associations are formed in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, when their registered office is in the departments of Bas-Rhin,…

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