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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transport and motor vehicles

Article L242-25-1

Any breach of Article L. 224-68-1 is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-25-1

The public authority's response to an application to acquire French nationality by naturalisation must be made no later than eighteen months from the submission of all the documents required to consti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25-2

The payer and his payment service provider may agree in the deposit account agreement or in the framework agreement for payment services that the payer is not entitled to a refund where he has given h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-25

General-purpose investment funds take the form either of open-ended investment companies known as "SICAVs", or of unit trusts.General-purpose investment funds may comprise different classes of units o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-1

Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings instituted by Titles II, III and IV of Book VI of the Commercial Code may only be opened in respect of a reinsurance undertaking mentione…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-2

In the case of insurance undertakings whose head office is located within the territory of another Member State of the European Union, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Information to be provided to the public by groups.

Article L356-25-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this section.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-25

The secretariat of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique examines appeals, under the authority of the commission chairman.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

For the "Contextualisation of violence" group, points for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crud…

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

Article L22-10-25

…if it so wishes, the remuneration of its chairman and vice-chairman elected pursuant to article L. 225-81, under the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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