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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 207-1

The President of the Examining Magistrate's Chamber, seised pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 175-1, shall decide, within eight days of the transmission of the file, by an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 212-1

The investigating chamber may order, at the request of the person concerned, or, with that person's agreement, of its own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor's office either the publicat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-1

It may only be referred on a fact that is personal to the party to whom it is referred.It may be referred by that party, unless the fact that is the subject of it is purely personal to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-1

The condition must be lawful. Failing this, the obligation is void.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Société civile immobilière d'accession progressive à la propriété (non-trading property company for progressive home ownership)

Article 16

Income from housing let to their members by non-trading property companies for progressive home ownership operating in accordance with articles L. 443-6-2 to L. 443-6-13 of the construction and housin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-10

A report evaluating the guarantees granted under a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 is submitted each year to the Minister for the Economy by the body responsible for managing the scheme, with a view to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Secondment of more than twelve months

Article R1262-18-1

For the application of the last paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, the employer shall complete, for each seconded employee concerned, the secondment declaration provided for in I of article L. 1262…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign child of a French national

Article L423-12

If they are aged between eighteen and twenty-one, or if they come under the provisions of article L. 421-35, or if they are dependent on their parents, the foreign child of a French national will be i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-10

I. - Where the payment service provider refuses to execute a payment order or initiate a payment transaction, it shall notify the payment service user, or make the notification available to the paymen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-11

The payer's payment service provider(s) and the payee's payment service provider(s) and their intermediaries involved in the execution of a payment transaction transfer the total amount of the payment…

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