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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-19

…re the institution does not have a valid postal address to which to send this information, it shall contact the account holder, his legal representative, the person authorised by him or, where applica…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-4

…the collection of social security contributions when the guarantee is reached, where applicable. 3° Details of the surrender or transfer value: a) Indication of the surrender or transfer values associ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18

…e's initiative, subject to notice, under conditions determined by decree. The apprentice must first contact the mediator mentioned in article L. 6222-39 or, for apprentices in the non-industrial and n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-33

…nication and, where appropriate, rectification or deletion of information concerning him or her, by contacting the data controller: [name and address of data controller]. By simple written request, yo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe I

…ants you the right to access and rectify information concerning you. To exercise this right, please contact the DGCIS (General Secretariat), 67, rue Barbès, BP 80001, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine Cedex. For f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1

The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-2 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de ré…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…be monitored, members of a trading platform must provide the manager of this trading platform with details of their own positions held in contracts traded on this trading platform on a daily basis, a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-27

I.-In local authorities covered by Article 73 of the Constitution and in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Wallis-et-Futuna and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in the event of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-10

The exemption from the obligation to set up an emergency mechanism for payment service providers that have a dedicated interface meeting all the conditions mentioned in Article 33(6) of Commission Del…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.

Article R142-22

The following are members of the Payment Security Observatory:1° A Member of Parliament and a Senator ;2° Eight representatives of the administrations concerned:a) One representative of the General Se…

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