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Showing 261270 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article R775-11

Article R. 522-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree No. 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article D774-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R782-11

…ubject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R783-11

…ubject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preferential agreement and unilateral undertaking

Article 1123

A preference pact is a contract by which a party undertakes to offer its beneficiary priority to deal with it in the event that it decides to enter into a contract. When a contract is entered into wit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preferential agreement and unilateral undertaking

Article 1124

…ficiary, the right to opt for the conclusion of a contract whose essential elements are determined, and for the formation of which only the consent of the beneficiary is lacking. Revocation of the pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D71-114-11

Transfers of funds from refunds due to overpayments to local authority creditors are ordered by the local authority president, who issues a transfer order..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Regional Intervention Fund

Article L1435-11

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-11

Professional users and consumers, in accordance with the second and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 5131-5, may report to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé a…

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