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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-14

The provisions of Article L. 1411-13 apply to the public administrative establishments of municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants or more, to the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Discussion by the parties

Article 460-1

…claiming to have been injured has brought a civil action in the manner provided for in Article 420-1, the President shall read out the claim as soon as the hearing has been completed. The Public Pros…

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

Article L163-10

A fine of 12,000 euros shall be imposed on the drawee who: 1. Indicate a provision that is less than the existing and available provision; 2. Rejecting a cheque on the grounds of insufficient or unava…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-10

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €9,000 if he or she: 1. Stating that subscriptions which he knows to be fictitious are genuine or declaring that funds which have n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-10

…otection de l'accès aux œuvres may take part in deliberations relating to a transaction concerning: 1° A company controlled, within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code, by a c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-1

Contracting entities are: 1° Contracting authorities that carry out one of the activities of network operator defined in articles L. 1212-3 and L. 1212-4 ; 2° Where they are not contracting authoritie…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of project ownership

Article L2422-12

…tructures simultaneously falls within the remit of several project owners mentioned in article L. 2411-1 or one or more of these project owners and the SNCF Réseau company mentioned in article L. 2111…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-8

…hich the donees have been allotted shall be valued in accordance with the rule laid down in Article 1078. If the descendants of a stock have not received a lot in the shared gift or have received only…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section Sports agents

Article A222-1

The federations concerned by the application of articles R. 222-1 to R. 222-42 which set up a sports agents' commission and appoint a sports agents' delegate are on the following list: French Athletic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article L524-1

…money institutions, payment institutions and the institutions and services mentioned in article L. 518-1, who carry out foreign exchange transactions on a regular basis.However, carrying out manual fo…

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