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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-79

…outh passbooks must request closure of their accounts by 31 December of the year in which they turn 25 at the latest. Deposit-taking institutions are required to automatically close the accounts of ho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-28

…icle R. 1423-27. In this case, the time limits stipulated in the first paragraph of article R. 1423-25 and in the seventh paragraph of article R. 1423-27 are reduced to one month and fifteen days resp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Semi-liberty regime

Article D137

Sentenced persons admitted to the semi-liberty regime pursuant to the provisions of articles 132-25 of the Penal Code and 723-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure undertake to comply with the condition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Zonal mobilisation plan

Article R3131-6

…of the defence zone, after consulting the zonal defence committee referred to in article R. * 1311-25 of the Defence Code. The zonal mobilisation plan is revised each year in accordance with the proc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-30

…ts with at least six cinemas; b) For their other establishments which together account for at least 25% of admissions each year in their catchment area, provided that during the previous year they acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

…ise";2° In 3°, the words: "au régime général de sécurité sociale en application de l'article L. 213-25-2, les cotisations aux régimes de retraites" are replaced by the word: "versées";3° In 5°, the wo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-15

…ect of this modification and the preparation of voting operations. This remuneration may not exceed 25% of that set pursuant to Article R. 663-10, up to a maximum amount of claims set at €25,000,000.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

…amount is multiplied by the ratio between this coefficient and the coefficient applied in 2021.From 2023, the amount of the departmental share is equal to the amount received in respect of the previou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R50-38

…ried out by the registrar authorised by the head of the prison in accordance with 4° of article 706-25-9, that the person incarcerated has not been the subject of the information referred to in Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

…an Union in implementation of Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees, which are ma…

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