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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article R123-1

…de change, shall promptly hand over to the Banque de France or the public institution La Monnaie de Paris, respectively, euro banknotes and coins which they have sufficient reason to believe to be cou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single section: Infringements of market transparency

Article R465-4

When a matter is referred to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal pursuant to Article L. 465-3-6, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Public Pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Transfer to another Member State of the European Union

Article R581-14

The préfet de département and, in Paris, the préfet de police may refer the matter to another EU Member State for the purposes of transferring a foreign national who is a beneficiary of temporary prot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-7

…der Article L. 464-1 may be lodged by the parties involved and the Government Commissioner with the Paris Court of Appeal no more than ten days after notification of the decision. The court will rule…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3421-2

…of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne contribute 45% of the operating costs of the Paris fire brigade and 37.5% of the capital costs of the barracks, in proportion to their population…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Postponement of transfer

Article R751-5

…gn a foreign national to residence pursuant to article L. 751-6 is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for access by legal entities

Article R744-45

…provals mentioned in 1° of article R. 744-43 and article R. 744-44 are issued by the Prefect or, in Paris, by the Prefect of Police.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative detention

Article R751-7

…ive detention of a foreign national pursuant to article L. 751-9 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1039

…whose nationality is in question or, if that person does not live in France, the judicial court of Paris.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for construction insurance

Article A421-12

…h the following formula, for an accounting year i :CFi = max [0; T% x (Mi -Pi)] + max [0; (P%xCi) x CAi/CA]Where: 1° For the first part, which is based on the difference between the premiums for the l…

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