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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L734-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions set out in II, in the wording indicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-2

Direct marketers who are natural persons and natural persons with the power to manage or administer legal entities authorised under I of Article L. 341-4 must meet the following conditions:1° Be of le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-5

I.-The court clerk shall attach to the copy of the judgment referred to in Article R. 645-4 a document reproducing the terms of II of this article, as well as: 1° Those of articles L. 645-4, L. 812-2,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…action mentioned in 1° of article L. 6313-1, under the conditions set out in article D. 4163-30-3; 4° Article R. 6323-13 relating to the documents to be sent; 5° Articles R. 6323-11-1 and R. 6323-14-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1175

Exceptions are made to the provisions of the previous article for private-signature deeds relating to family and inheritance law, except for private-signature agreements countersigned by lawyers in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Reimbursement of costs and expenses

Article A444-50

The allowances, paid to municipal councillors, municipal officials, gendarmerie authorities or witnesses, mentioned in e and g of 3° of I of article Annexe 4-8 are as follows: 1° For being present at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-5

The provisions relating to the reimbursement of unemployment benefits, set out in article L. 1235-4, in the event of failure to comply with articles L. 1235-3 and L. 1235-11, do not apply to the dismi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Agglomeration communities

Article L5842-29

…ode" are replaced by the words: "the collection of which is authorised by local regulations"; 2° In 4°, the words: "of the region, of the department" are replaced by: "of French Polynesia"; 3° 8° is r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R1423-1

…1° The management section; 2° The industry section; 3° The trade and commercial services section; 4° The agriculture section; 5° The miscellaneous activities section. Each section comprises at least…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-7

For natural persons engaged in the commercial fishing activity provided for in Article L. 931-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the two-year seniority period provided for in Article L. 713-4 b…

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