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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R519-40

The association verifies that its members and the staff concerned comply with the obligations relating to training and continuing professional development set out in articles L. 314-24 and R. 519-15-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-40

Sums deposited voluntarily may only be seized in the cases, forms and under the conditions provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-42

In the event of the loss of a receipt, the voluntary depositor must lodge an objection based on this cause; the said objection will be published in an extract in the Official Gazette, at the expense a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-41

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations or its agents will make repayments to the collector of the institution in whose name the voluntary deposit was made, in accordance with the mandates of the competent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-40

When a court-appointed administrator or a judicial representative deposits funds with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in a remunerated global account, he shall show once a quarter and at the en…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-41

Judicial administrators in the exercise of the mandates entrusted to them in civil matters are required to deposit in an account opened in their name at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, as soon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-4

The Biomedicine Agency established in Chapter VIII of Title I of Book IV of this Part shall exercise in Wallis and Futuna the powers conferred upon it by Title II of Book V of this Part and Title II o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to travel agencies and tour operators.

Article D421-4

The terms and conditions for the application of e of 1 of article 266 of the General Tax Code, cited in article L. 421-4, relating to the liability to value added tax of transactions carried out by tr…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-14

The pursuing creditor shall be provided by the registry with a copy of the claims produced with a view to drawing up the draft distribution provided for in Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-12

The period within which a registered creditor who has been notified of a summons to pay equivalent to a seizure must declare his claim is two months from the date of notification. However, a creditor…

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