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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Professions of masseur-physiotherapist, chiropodist, speech therapist and orthoptist, medical electroradiology manipulator, hearing aid acoustician, optician and dietician.

Article L4414-2

The provisions of the sixth and seventh paragraphs of article L. 4311-15 and those of articles L. 4311-16 to L. 4311-18, L. 4311-26 and L. 4311-27 are applicable to masseur-physiotherapists, chiropodi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors

Article L742-8

…cles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-17

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 642-1 to L. 642-3 law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-17

…the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from Articles L. 642-1 to L. 642-3 law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L744-11

…n the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues aux articles L. 252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passeng…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 468

…defendant may request a judgment on the merits, which will be adversarial, unless the judge decides to adjourn the case to a later hearing. The judge may also, even of his own motion, declare the summ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 467

…adversarial if the parties appear in person or by proxy, in accordance with the procedures specific to the court before which the claim is brought.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 469

If, after having appeared, one of the parties fails to complete the acts of the proceedings within the required time limits, the judge shall rule by contradictory judgment in the light of the elements…

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