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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

…rson who in any capacity participates in the direction or management of an investment firm or portfolio management company or who is employed by the latter is bound by professional secrecy.Apart from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 836

In New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the criminal court ruling as a panel is completed by two assessors under the conditions set out in the Code of Judicial Organisation.In the Wallis a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The Assize Court

Article 886

For the application of articles 296,297 and

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ASSESSMENT BOARD

Article L1212-1

I. - The National Council for the Assessment of Standards is responsible for assessing the standards applicable to local authorities and their public establishments.The opinions issued by the Consulta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-1

I.-Press publication within the meaning of this chapter means a collection composed mainly of literary works of a journalistic nature, which may also include other protected works or objects, in parti…

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In force

Article Annexe 9-6

JURISDICTIONS HAVING JURISDICTION, PURSUANT TO III OF ARTICLE L. 442-4, PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE TRADERS OR CRAFTSMENSEAT OF THE COURTS judiciaryRESSORTParis.Ressort of the High Court…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 872

Where immovables of an estate are encumbered by annuities by special mortgage, each of the co-heirs may demand that the annuities be repaid and the immovables made free before the lots are formed. If…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 884

For all hearings of the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion ruling on an appeal against an order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 273 septies A

Value added tax relating to purchases, imports, intra-Community acquisitions, deliveries and services carried out from 1 January 1993 ceases to be excluded from the right to deduct in respect of vehic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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