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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-5

Each payment institution is required to join a professional body affiliated to the French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms mentioned in Article L. 511-29.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L526-5

Funds representing electronic money collected by electronic money institutions for the purpose of issuing and managing electronic money do not constitute funds repayable by the public within the meani…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-5

The supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is composed of nineteen members:1° The Governor of the Banque de France, or the Deputy Governor he appoints to represent h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-5

Where one or more establishments in the company constitute three electoral colleges in application of article L. 2314-11, at least one full delegate and one alternate delegate to the central social an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Referee.

Article L2524-5

Agreements or arbitration awards made in application of this Title shall have the same effect as collective labour agreements. They are applicable, unless otherwise stipulated, from the day following…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Privileges.

Article L3253-5

The sums owed to façonniers by their principals are paid, when the latter are the subject of safeguard, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation proceedings, notwithstanding the existence of any other…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L233-5

The Public Prosecutor and the Autorité des marchés financiers for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a financial instruments market mentioned in II of Article L. 233-7 are empowered to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-54

No act on the part of the bearer of the bill of exchange may replace the act of protest, except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-32 to L. 511-37 and by articles L. 511-40 and L. 511-41.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-52

Protests in the absence of acceptance or payment shall be made by a notary or by a bailiff. The protest must be made by one and the same act: 1° At the domicile of the person on whom the bill of excha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-53

The act of protest contains the literal transcription of the bill of exchange, the acceptance, endorsements and recommendations indicated therein, the summons to pay the amount of the bill of exchange…

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