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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article L775-31

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-31

A creditor or credit intermediary shall be liable to a fine of 30,000 euros for: 1° Failing to provide the borrower with adequate explanations enabling him to determine whether the credit agreement an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article D775-31

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Purchase of stills by the State

Article 310 bis

The State may repurchase, under conditions set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Industry (1), stills that were used for the production of raw spirits and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-31

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

When filiation is established in respect of only one parent, the child takes that parent's name.When the second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the paren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-316

The keeper of the National Register of Companies shall proceed with the striking off of any person: 1° As from the closure of bankruptcy proceedings, the liquidation of assets due to insufficient asse…

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

Article Annexe 10

…suance of the last work permit: \n\t\t\t-work permit corresponding to the position held (CERFA form n° 15187*01) or dematerialized work permit; \n\t\t\t-element of the employer's nominative social dec…

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

Article L531-31

The decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons referred to in Article L. 531-26, that of the administrative authority referred to in Article L. 531-27, or the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…es and former employees within the framework of company mutual funds governed by Chapter III of loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières e…

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