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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

…nced expense of the Treasury, of property for which confiscation is provided for by the article 131-21 of the Penal Code without divesting the owner or holder thereof. The investigating judge may, dur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article R521-2

The publicity provided for in article L. 521-2 and in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 521-3-1 may be carried out via the press, electronically or by posting. Publication in the press, by elect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R613-1-B

I.-For the purposes of Articles L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-21-1, information is considered essential if it may have a significant impact on the assessment of the financial soundness of a credit institutio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition of the Criminal Appeals Division

Article 510

…f [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2019-778 DC of 21 March 2019] the appellant expressly requests that the case be heard by a panel; this request may…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3361-1

…c actionL. 3136-6 to L. 3136-10 L. 3137-1 L. 3137-3 and L. 3137-4 In Book IIL. 3200-1 In Title IL. 3211-1 to L. 3212-3L. 3212-4Resulting from Act no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3351-1

…c actionL. 3136-6 to L. 3136-10 L. 3137-1 L. 3137-3 and L. 3137-4 In Book IIL. 3200-1 In Title IL. 3211-1 to L. 3212-3L. 3212-4Resulting from law no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3371-1

…c actionL. 3136-6 to L. 3136-10 L. 3137-1 L. 3137-3 and L. 3137-4 In Book IIL. 3200-1 In Title IL. 3211-1 to L. 3212-3L. 3212-4Resulting from Act no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3381-1

…c actionL. 3136-6 to L. 3136-10 L. 3137-1 L. 3137-3 and L. 3137-4 In Book IIL. 3200-1 In Title IL. 3211-1 to L. 3212-3L. 3212-4Resulting from Act no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-23

…of the annuity unit determined for the following financial year, in accordance with Article R. 441-21, may not exceed that of the previous year. II. - When, for a given agreement, the ratio of the su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33

…nto account the supervision exercised by the competent authorities mentioned in 2 of article L. 511-21.In order to carry out this supervision or for information or statistical purposes or to assess wh…

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