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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Mutual credit

Article L512-55

The caisses de crédit mutuel are subject to the provisions of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and to those of this section. Their exclusive object is mutual credit.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-17

…he profession; 4° All sums in cash. Industrial contributions from members who, by virtue of section 10 of the law of 29 November 1966, do not contribute to the formation of capital may give rise to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-2

…against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, by the persons mentioned in 1° to 8° and 10° to 18° of II of Article L. 621-9 of this Code and by the persons mentioned in Article L. 612-2,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R73

…ions. In the jurisdictions of the judicial courts for which the decrees provided for in the article 10 of Law no. 80-2 of 4 January 1980, copies of the records shall be sent by the registry to the aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R7124-38

…124-1 to L. 7124-11, L. 7124-13 to L. 7124-18 and L. 7124-21 as well as articles R. 7124-3, R. 7124-10, R. 7124-26, R. 7124-31 and R. 7124-34 committed abroad against French nationals must be reported…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

An employee employed by a public entity that does not pay the contribution mentioned in article L. 6331-1 may use his personal training account in application of article 22 ter of law no. 83-634 of 13…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Non-compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L181-2

Where the parties are required to choose the applicable law in one of the cases referred to in Article L. 181-1, this choice must be express or must be clear from the terms of the contract or the circ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 552

Property of the ground carries with it ownership of the land above and below.The owner may make above it all the plantations and constructions he deems appropriate, subject to the exceptions set out i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Decisions on public action

Article 366

The Assize Court then returns to the courtroom. The president calls the accused to appear, reads out the answers made to the questions, and pronounces the judgment of conviction, absolution or acquitt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-25

The adoption of a reorganisation measure or the opening of winding-up proceedings in a Member State of the European Union other than France does not affect the right of a creditor to invoke the set-of…

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