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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-2

…hority referred to in II of Article R. 713-1 shall make available to the public, from 16 July to 25 August inclusive, in each registry of the court of first instance with jurisdiction in commercial ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R783-6

…plicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-22, R. 612-24 and R. 612-25No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 6…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R784-6

…plicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-22, R. 612-24 and R. 612-25No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-7

…ion des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 L

…ions who undertake in the loan deeds granted under the conditions set out in decree no. 50-899 of 2 August 1950 relating to the allocation of State-guaranteed loans for the construction of residential…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 452

…ce of third parties who are adults and not subject to a legal protection measure to perform certain acts, the list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81-1

…public prosecutor or at the request of the civil party, carry out, in accordance with the law, any act enabling him to assess the nature and extent of the harm suffered by the victim or to gather inf…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-2

…0 euros: 1° If the falsified or corrupted substance is harmful to human or animal health; 2° If the acts were committed as part of an organised gang.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2214-2

…communes or the creation of a new commune is subject to the State police system where, prior to the act pronouncing the merger or the creation of the new commune, the State police was instituted on th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-1

The commune's budget is the act by which the commune's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The commune's budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment section, b…

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