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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Default judgment and opposition

Article 544

…de police les dispositions des articles 410 à 415 relatives à la comparution et à la représentation du prévenu et de la personne civilement responsable. However, where the offence being prosecuted is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 570

I. - In accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation, all suppliers are subject to the following obligations:1° Deliver tobacco only to the tobacconists designated in article 568;2° Retain o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-53

…on rules, all or part of the assets, rights or obligations of a person subject to a resolution procedure, the equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or other ownership secur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55

…mmitments which may be used for the internal replenishment of a person subject to a resolution procedure may be written down or converted into Tier 1 capital instruments in order to pursue one or othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 543

Works of gold, silver or platinum may, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, be exported or be the subject of a delivery to another Member State of the European Union witho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-56-1

…ilure to comply with the judgment will result in the resumption of enforcement of the eviction procedure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-5

Failure to comply with the one-month time limit provided for in 2° of Article D. 45-2-3 or the four-month period provided for in article D. 45-2-4 does not constitute a ground of nullity preventing th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-39-5

The committee secretariat will send a copy of the request for recusal to the member who is the subject of the recusal.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-41-5

In assessing the merits of the request for an increase in the penalty, the Commission will take into account any new factors likely to justify an increase in the penalty, such as a finding by the Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530

…to run from the date on which the Public Prosecutor signs the enforcement order, which may be individual or collective. Within thirty days of the dispatch of the notice inviting the offender to pay th…

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