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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-31-9

…tor or liquidator appointed by the competent authority of another Member State shall be entitled to exercise in mainland France, in the overseas departments and in the Department of Mayotte and Saint-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
5. Minors

Article R1112-34

The admission of a minor is decided, unless necessary, at the request of a person exercising parental authority or the judicial authority. The admission of a minor who has been placed in an educationa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 17

The judicial police officers exercise the powers defined in article 14; they receive complaints and denunciations; they carry out preliminary investigations under the conditions provided for by articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Creation of the digital health space

Article R1111-29

If the right to object is exercised, the health insurance organisations will notify the person concerned that their objection to the creation of their digital health space has been taken into account.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-67

…he assize courts, the powers recognised in this chapter to the investigating judge or his clerk are exercised by the president of the investigating chamber or the clerk of that chamber. Those granted…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Sale of products without packaging

Article D120-7

Any form of bulk sale is prohibited for the following products: 1° Heat-treated liquid dairy products, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-26

The author guarantees the producer the peaceful exercise of the rights assigned.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 880

It cannot be exercised where the claimant creditor has waived it.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-111

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to medicinal products classified as narcotics, any prescription for medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5143-5, as well as in II of article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 ter

…6 bis or I of l'article 298 sexies, any person referred to in l'article 286 bis, any person who has exercised the option provided for in article 260 CA as well as any taxable person liable for value a…

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