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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration of the agent.

Article 812-2

The mandate is free of charge unless otherwise agreed.If remuneration is provided for, it must be expressly stated in the mandate. It corresponds to a share of the fruits and revenues received by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Obligations relating to the identification of customers, accounts and persons as part of the fight against tax evasion and fraud

Article L564-1

…nding article L. 312-1, when a financial institution subject to I of article 1649 AC of the General Tax Code is unable to identify, under the conditions set out in II of the same article 1649 AC, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Obligations relating to the identification of customers, accounts and persons as part of the fight against tax evasion and fraud

Article L564-2

Financial institutions subject to Article I of Article 1649 AC of the General Tax Code,Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedures and Article L. 564-1 of this Code shall set up an internal contro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-80

Unless further information has been ordered, the Investigating Chamber shall rule at the latest within twenty working days of the statement of appeal, by a reasoned order made in chambers. If the Inve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-1

…ts arise in connection with the person's professional activity. Where part of the main residence is used for business purposes, the part not used for business purposes may not be seized by operation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-4

…ronounces a decision that a person is not criminally responsible orders, in accordance with Article 706-135 of this Code, the compulsory hospitalisation of the person when this has already been decide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 50

The investigating judge, chosen from among the judges of the court, is appointed in the forms provided for the appointment of judges. If necessary, another judge may be temporarily entrusted, in the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…nt provided for in subsection 2, for each process implemented, the employer shall draw up operating instructions specifying in particular: 1° The nature of the work ; 2° The materials involved; 3° The…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-28

…purchase or repair of a good, for a repair covered by that guarantee, any period of immobilisation suspends the guarantee that was still running until the delivery of the repaired good. This period ru…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

…of this article may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the compliance with articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 of the commercial gu…

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