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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-86-1

Where the account holder is a sole trader with limited liability, the provisions of this section apply :- to accounts relating to unrestricted assets where the payment incident is the result of a cheq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers may obtain from the depositary, on simple request, any information obtained by the depositary in the performance of its duties and necessary for the performance of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall determine the method for calculating contributions to the deposit guarantee scheme. These contributions are based on the amount of guara…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-8

The rules set out in Articles L. 10 and L. 67 of the Electoral Code apply to electoral operations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8-1

Blood and blood components may be used for research purposes, whether or not they have been collected by the Etablissement Français du Sang. In this case, the research is carried out using samples tak…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-8-1

An order by the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Agence de la biomédecine, the Haute Autorité de santé and representatives of health establishments and medical biology laborator…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Financial arrangements for the guarantee fund.

Article L421-8-1

The time limits stipulated in article L. 313-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code do not run against the guarantee fund until the day on which it receives the information justifying its intervention.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-8

If an application for authorisation is rejected on substantive grounds by the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique, no new application may be submitted by the same applicant, for the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-8-1

For the requirements connected with the performance of his duties, the national member of the Eurojust Agency shall have access, under the same conditions as prosecuting magistrates, to data contained…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-1

Investigators authorised to conduct investigations take an oath before the judicial court of their place of residence or before the Paris judicial court, stating: "I swear to carry out with accuracy a…

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