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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-26

…Article L. 115-13 entails the application of a fine equal to 10% of the sums not communic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Ad hoc mandate.

Article R611-20

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-40

…re the payer gives his explicit consent to the execution of a payment in accordance with Article L. 133-6, the payment service provider managing the account shall carry out the actions provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-41

I. - Provided that their payment account is accessible online, payment service users may access their payment account data via a payment service provider of their choice providing the account informat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-39

I. - Where the payment is initiated by means of a card-linked payment instrument, the payment service provider managing the account shall, at the request of one of the payment service providers issuin…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…21-5 as amended by Decree no. 2019-1419 of 20 December 2019;Articles R. 121-6, R. 121-11 and R. 121-13 as amended by Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 December 2019; Articles R. 121-7 and R. 121-9 as amended…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3371-2

…f Book I in New Caledonia :1° In Article L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted ;2° In Article L. 3113-1, the words: "mentioned in Article L. 5213-13 of the Labour Code" and "mentioned in Article L. 3…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3361-2

…ook I in French Polynesia :1° In Article L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted ;2° In Article L. 3113-1, the words: "mentioned in Article L. 5213-13 of the Labour Code" and "mentioned in Article L. 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandatory information and scope of the declaration

Article R1221-2

…in article L. 4624-2 of this Code, or, in the case of an agricultural employee, in articles R. 717-13 and R. 717-16 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 6° The declaration for the affiliation of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D2333-82-5

…books for games of chance and their electronic form and for the devices mentioned in article D. 321-13 du code de la sécurité intérieure.

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