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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Shareholdings in companies.

Article L4253-3

…inance company in the form of a public limited company governed by the provisions of Book II of the Commercial Code and whose sole purpose is to guarantee financial assistance granted to private indiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

Subject to the provisions of article 20-1, the following are judicial police officers: 1° Members of the national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police offi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime made during the marriage

Article 1303-2

Where a marriage contract has been made in France, the spouses or one of them shall send to the notary holding the record of the contract, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-3

If all the required conditions are met, the court clerk, after initialling each page of the mandate, mentions at the end of the deed that it takes effect from the date of its presentation to the court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-1

…e Director General of Public Finance and the Director General of the National Police Force when the agents are to be assigned to the Ministry of the Interior; 2° By the Director General of Public Fina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5111-7

I.- A local authority employee who changes employer as a result of a reorganisation provided for in the present part benefits from the provisions of article L. 714-9 of the General Civil Service Code.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-36

…221-35 are recorded in the same way as for stamp duty:- by the competent public accountants ;- by agents of the financial authorities.Official reports are drawn up at the request of the Minister for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R211-42

Members of classification committees and the classification commission, as well as agents authorised by the Minister for Culture, have free access, on presentation of a service card, to cinemas or any…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Enforcement officers

Article L122-2

The enforcement agent is responsible for carrying out enforcement operations. Where required by law, he is empowered to ask the enforcement judge or the public prosecutor to grant the necessary author…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to premises and means of transport

Article L512-7

…of proof of the offence or breach depends on it and it cannot be established otherwise, authorised agents may only decline their capacity when they inform the person being inspected of the finding of…

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