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Showing 61816190 of 38223 articles for Art. Rép. Frassa: Sén. 9-3-2017 n° 23432

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

1. Amounts still owed as preferential claims by merchants and legal entities governed by private law, even if they are not merchants, in respect of the claims listed in 1 of article 379, shall be disc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-31

The application for provisional approval must be accompanied by the following supporting documents:1° A presentation of the video game, including a synopsis, a document setting out the world, mechanic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-31

The crimes and offences for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred and which are liable, in accordance with the provisions of articles 723-29 to 723-37, to give rise to judicial supervision of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-34

I.- A decision to refuse authorisation or, when the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article L. 6122-10 are applied, to refuse authorisation renewal may only be taken for one or more of the follo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-3

I.-For the application of the third paragraph of I of article L. 5122-1, the following is taken into account instead of the legal working time: 1° The working time stipulated in the contract for indiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-36

Where, on the one hand, the request for information relates to an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Article 695-23 and punishable in France by a custodial sentence of at least thr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations

Article D420-3

The AMF shall communicate to the European Securities and Markets Authority and to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European…

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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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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-39

I. - Where the payment is initiated by means of a card-linked payment instrument, the payment service provider managing the account shall, at the request of one of the payment service providers issuin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to practise within the framework of the provision of services

Article R222-30

When the interested party has sent the relevant delegating federation a declaration in accordance with the provisions of article R. 222-29, the sports agents' commission shall issue him with a certifi…

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