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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-12

The Ordinary General Meeting may, acting under the conditions of quorum and majority of the Extraordinary General Meeting if the cooperative is constituted in the form of a public limited company, or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-7

…tic system and general political circumstances either for a crime or for an offence constituting an act of terrorism or a public defence of an act of terrorism or punishable by ten years' imprisonment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 154

…tween grandfathers of both lines may be ascertained by a notary, requested by the future spouse and acting without the assistance of a second notary or witnesses, who shall notify the proposed union t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 59

…ic or consular agent in the port, if abroad, invested with the functions of a civil registrar. This act will be drawn up, namely: on State vessels, by the ship's commissioner or, in his absence, by th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The family council

Article 401

…XII. The family council authorises a minor who has reached the age of sixteen to perform alone the acts of administration necessary for the purposes of setting up and managing a sole proprietorship w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

…al, recovery may, if the victim so requests, be recovered by the Fonds de garantie des victimes des actes de terrorisme et d'autres infractions (Guarantee Fund for Victims of Acts of Terrorism and Oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information obligations where one of the payment service providers involved in the transaction is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or outside the European Economic Area

Article L314-15

…er of the Minister for the Economy specifies the information to be provided to a natural person not acting for business purposes if his payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-4

…ies or insurance undertakings are deemed to comply with the obligations defined in I of Article L. 521-1, Article L. 522-1 or Article L. 522-2 when they pay or receive a fee or commission, or provide…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-9

…presented under an infringing trademark;c) Giving instructions or orders for the commission of the acts referred to in a and b.Where the offences provided for in this article have been committed as p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-82

…ercover operation may, throughout the national territory, without being criminally liable for these acts: 1° Acquire, hold, transport, deliver or issue substances, goods, products, documents or inform…

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