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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-1

…and 432-7 of the Criminal Code and the establishment or keeping of files punishable by article 226-19 of the same code, on the other hand, wilful attacks on life and personal integrity, threats, thef…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

…t transactions. In this case, by way of derogation from the second paragraph of I of Article L. 133-19, the payer shall bear, before the information provided for in Article L. 133-17, the losses relat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-A

…an investment service provider operating under the freedom to provide services or with a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin is in breach of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

…f Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to provide investment and related services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin. Related services…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14, 15, 19,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-9

…subject to public participation by electronic means under the conditions defined in article L. 123-19 of the Environmental Code. A summary of the comments and proposals submitted by the public is pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-210

…ies may not invest in shares or units of investment funds mentioned in 5° of I of article R. 214-32-19.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-9

…peration are counted by the commission set up in article 18 of the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des services départementaux d'i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-14

…ase and give its ruling under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 823-18 paragraph 4 and R. 823-19 respectively.This procedure does not apply if the parties agree to exceed the limits set in Artic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…cessing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes digitales ainsi que une…

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