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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-20-2

On the basis of the documents and information provided by the debtor, the electronic money holders, the administrators appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and by the cour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-29-2

The approval decision provided for in article L. 612-29-1 is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D3123-22-1

…resolution by which the General Council awards the financial assistance provided for in article L. 3123-19-1 may specify the procedures for allocating and monitoring this aid, in particular the possib…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D4135-22-1

…esolution by which the regional council grants the financial assistance provided for by Article L. 4135-19-1 may specify the procedures for allocating and monitoring this aid, in particular any fracti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D40-1-2

…the public prosecutor's final indictment sent to the examining magistrate pursuant to II of Article 175 has not been copied to the parties' lawyers, the examining magistrate's clerk or the joint secre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-1

Online services enabling victims, in accordance with the provisions of article 15-3-1, to lodge complaints by electronic means, hereinafter referred to as "online complaints", with the criminal invest…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

I.-Information for data subjects is provided in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-2

…cted of infringing a registered design are detained after an application referred to in Article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroyed under the supervis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-27-1

In municipalities of 1,000 inhabitants or more, when general information on the achievements and management of the municipal council is disseminated by the municipality, a space is reserved for the ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-2-1

For their application in Mayotte, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and New Caledonia, Articles L. 122-3-1 and L. 211-6 shall read as follows:Art. L. 122-3-1…

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