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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-30

Redemption of electronic money by the electronic money issuer referred to in Article L. 525-1 is free of charge for the electronic money holder.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-4-1

Attempts to commit the offences referred to in 1° of article L. 163-3 and article L. 163-4 are punishable by the same penalties.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L144-2

The operations of the Banque de France and the activities referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 142-2 are governed by civil and commercial law.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiability

Article L211-15

Financial securities are transferred by account-to-account transfer or by entry in a shared electronic recording device as referred to in article L. 211-3.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-5

Promotional activities on foreign markets are coordinated by the regional tourism committee and by the departmental tourism committee referred to in article L. 132-2.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R211-1-2

The form referred to in I of article L. 211-3 is laid down by joint order of the Minister for Tourism and the Minister for the Economy and Finance.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to the public contracts mentioned in Title I, with the exception of those relating to the public rail passenger transport service

Article L2521-2

The public contracts referred to in this Book are subject to Titles I and III of Act no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 relating to subcontracting.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Oaths administered ex officio

Article 1386-1

The court may only refer the oath of its own motion, either on the application or on the objection to it, if it is not fully justified or completely devoid of evidence.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary section: Commission for the examination of federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article A142-0

The content of the impact statement referred to in articles R. 142-8 to R. 142-10 is set out in Appendix I-1.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Preliminary provisions

Article A322-116

The establishments referred to in article L. 322-2 which organise, offer or host equestrian activities, including polo, are covered by this section.

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