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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-9

The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 may implement the provisions of Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1 and L. 561-6 in the form of simplified due diligence measures in any of the following cases: 1°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 9

ANNEX 9 MENTIONED TO ARTICLE R. 431-2 Arrêté du 27 avril 2021 pris en application de l'article R. 431-2 du code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile relatif aux titres de séjour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L23-11-3

The sharing contract referred to in Article L. 23-11-2 shall benefit all employees present in the company or companies mentioned in article L. 23-11-1 for all or part of the period between the date it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-11

The chairman of the High Council may decide, after obtaining the assent of the accounting officer:1° In the event of hardship for the debtors, to grant an ex gratia remission of the High Council's deb…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-9

The life mortgage or advance transfer loan transaction is concluded under the terms of a prior offer containing the following information: 1° The identity of the parties and the date of acceptance of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-53

Where the appointment of the members of the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, or of the president of the latter, is the subject of a contentious appeal to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-54

A decree in the Council of State shall determine the conditions of application of this section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-51

After taking note of the result of the consultation, the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation deliberates under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2121…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-50

An information file on the subject of the consultation is made available to the public on site at the headquarters of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, in each town hall and, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-52

No consultation of the electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may take place from 1 January of the calendar year preceding the year of the…

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