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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-21-1

The credit institutions referred to in Title I of Book V of this Code shall send by electronic means, at least once a year, to the group referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-17-1 of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-2-1

The agreement provided for in article L. 1141-2 defines in particular: 1° The age requirements for borrowers, and the purpose, amount and term of the loans ; 2° The terms and conditions for informing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-14-2

Natural persons guilty of the offence provided for in Article L. 615-14 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be infringing and any thing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-2

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in the'article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-11 shall incur, in addition t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20-1

I. - Urban communities existing on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale continue to exercis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-1

Without prejudice to the respective powers of the institutions that its members represent, the Haut Conseil de stabilité financière supervises the financial system as a whole, with the aim of preservi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-21-1

The estimates provided by the régies and authorised companies or associations must comply with model estimates established by order of the minister responsible for local authorities.These estimates, u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-25-1

Agents who carry out their duties in direct contact with families or who personally participate in the conclusion or execution of one of the funeral services provided for by 2°, 3°, 6° and 8° of artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-2

Services other than the certification of accounts that are not mentioned in II of Article L. 822-11 and in I of article L. 822-11-1 may be provided by the statutory auditor or the members of the netwo…

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