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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-49

Where the account holder is subject to compulsory registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector and the amount of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article D214-219

The receivables referred to in a of 1° and b of 2° of Article R. 214-218 eligible for inclusion in the assets of a financing institution are : 1° Receivables arising either from a transaction that has…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous benefits

Article R3423-12

…of mopeds, motorbikes, pedal-assisted cycles and personal mobility devices, with or without a docking station and accessible on the public highway, provided that they are equipped with a non-heating e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83

…t substitute elected on the same list is appointed full member. He is replaced by the first remaining non-elected candidate on the same list; 2° If an alternate representative is unable to carry out h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R4234-41

…n. Additional time limits for distance are added to the time limit provided for in the previous paragraph, in accordance with the provisions of articles 643 and 644 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Fai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-44

When the request comes from a beneficiary of the employment obligation who is self-employed, it is submitted using a form, the model for which is set by joint order of the ministers responsible for em…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights of phonogram producers

Article L213-2

The contract concluded by the producer of a phonogram with a publisher of electronic public communication services making musical works available lays down the conditions for the exploitation of phono…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EXAMINATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION AT THE FRONTIER

Article L351-2

Unaccompanied minors may only be placed and held in the waiting area for the time strictly necessary to determine whether their asylum application is inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, in exception…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459-2

…eely maintains personal relations with any third party, whether a relative or not. He/she has the right to be visited and, where appropriate, accommodated by them. In the event of difficulty, the judg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 565

The right of accession, when it has as its object two movable things belonging to two different masters, is entirely subordinate to the principles of natural equity. The following rules will serve as…

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