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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-13

Except in the case provided for in article R. 711-2, the competent commission is that of the debtor's place of residence.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-9

…gulation or is likely to fail to comply with those requirements within the following twelve months; 2° The Authority considers it necessary to collect evidence that the firm subject to its supervision…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

…investing it, in accordance with a defined investment policy, in the interests of those investors; 2° Have characteristics similar to those of undertakings for collective investment governed by Frenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification procedure

Article R224-1

…ct to a fee structure set by the provisions of Title X of Book V (Decrees in the Council of State); 2° The fees provided for in 9° of this article, even if not subject to a fee structure; 3° The fees…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-5

…civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-26 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Disqualification from holding a public office or from engaging in the professional or social acti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-7

…he choice of treatment for the patient, in compliance with the provisions of article R. 6123-91-1 ; 2° Molecular examinations of tumours, when this proves necessary, in compliance with good practice g…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-23

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment as a member of the Management Board of a person linked by an employment contract to the company…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-11

…loyee are only available on expiry of a minimum period of five years from the date of this payment; 2° Make payments into this plan under the conditions laid down in Chapter XI of Title III of Book II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status.

Article R421-6-3

…eriod of three months following the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° of the same article arises at the end of a period of one month; the decision referred to in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-23

The acts of the communes of the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments that were enforceable on 3 March 1982, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-213 du 2 mars 1982 relative aux droits et li…

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