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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information after execution of the payment transaction

Article L314-14

I. - After an individual payment transaction or a payment transaction covered by a framework contract for payment services or by the terms of a deposit account agreement referred to in I of article L.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision by the Minister responsible for culture

Article R211-14

The decision by the Minister for Culture to issue a visa with a warning or a specific performance ban, or to refuse the visa, must state the reasons on which it is based.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Prices affected by fluctuations in world prices

Article R2112-14

Contracts with a performance period of more than three months which require for their performance the use of a significant proportion of supplies, in particular raw materials, the price of which is di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-14

The decisions of the enforcement judge and the enforcement court are provisionally enforceable. However, where the public prosecutor's appeal is lodged within twenty-four hours of notification, it sus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the appointment and training of citizen assessors

Article R2-14

The purpose of the training is to enable citizen assessors to assess the meaning and scope of the oath provided for by article 10-11. It covers the essential elements concerning : the composition, met…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-14

The entry in a nominative register of the person placed under house arrest with electronic surveillance, as well as the fitting and removal of the device to be worn by the person assigned, shall be ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council.

Article R142-14

Immediately after the expiry of the deadline set for the submission of candidatures, the Committee shall draw up a final list of the candidatures accepted. It shall submit the list to the Governor, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service.

Article R1242-14

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre shall be regarded as public health establishments and a blood transfusion establishment resp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-14

The election of members of the National Council shall be by first-past-the-post ballot. Voting shall be by postal ballot. Ballots must reach the Chairman of the National Council within ten days of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-14

The transport of the body of a deceased person to a health establishment in order to take samples for therapeutic purposes shall be declared in advance, by any means in writing, to the mayor of the mu…

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