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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-81

…name appeared for these reasons in the Banque de France file centralising cheque payment incidents. II. - A drawee who refuses to pay a cheque issued on one of the forms referred to in I is jointly an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…ovided for in this chapter, those provided for in the regulations adopted in application of chapter III of this title, the offences against the rules of prevention mentioned inarticle L. 4451-1 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article L518-24-1

…ned by decree. Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations may be entrusted with the operations mentioned in II of Article L. 1611-7 of the General Code of Local Authorities. In addition, under the conditions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L541-1

…1-1 ; 4° Advice on carrying out transactions in miscellaneous goods as defined in article L. 551-1. II -Financial investment advisers may also receive orders for the purpose of transmitting them on be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Vaccinations.

Article L3111-11

…in the case of beneficiaries of State medical aid, under the conditions set out in Title V of Book II of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) and in accordance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L661-6

…ruling on the duration of the observation period, on the continuation or cessation of the business. II.-Judgments relating to the modification of the administrator's mission may only be appealed by th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-6

…l cooperation with its own tax status and its member municipalities under the conditions set out in II of the same article L. 2336-5..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ALSACE

Article L3431-6

…es to the evaluation and monitoring of the public policies of the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace. II.-The composition of the development council, the conditions for appointing its members and the da…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-33

…tor General of the Regional Health Agency may, subject to the provisions of Article L. 1435-3-1 and II, amend or terminate the contract. He may decide to repay all or part of the funding already paid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-191

I. - With the exception of the cases mentioned in II and III, deeds carried out in relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction (numbers 1, 2 and 3 of Table 6) give…

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