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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Definitive advertising

Article R533-3

The final publication of the pledge of shares and securities is carried out in the same way as the provisional publication. Once this formality has been completed, the creditor may request approval of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Definitive advertising

Article R533-5

If, after the sale of the property, the price has been duly paid for distribution, final publication is replaced by service of the creditor's title on the person responsible for distributing the price…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Possessory protection.

Article 2278

Possession is protected, without regard to the substance of the right, against the disturbance which affects or threatens it. Possessory protection is similarly granted to the possessor against anyone…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-7

…upervisory Board of the Fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution when the accounts are closed. III. - In the event of losses incurred by the fund under one of the mechanisms mentioned in II of Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-32

…of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. III - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may ask the competent authorities of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1411-37

…erly, appointed on the recommendation of the Haut Conseil de la famille, de l'enfance et de l'âge ; iii) One representative of associations working to combat precariousness, appointed on the recommend…

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

Article L613-56-5

…rformed.The suspension takes effect from the publication of the notice of suspension referred to in III of Article L. 613-58 and ends at midnight on the business day following such publication. When i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80

…o the police court, the criminal court, the juvenile court or the assize court initially competent. III.-If the public prosecutor at the judicial court in which there are one or more investigating jud…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Syndicates of communes

Article L5842-16

…to L. 5212-17 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 5212-15, after the words "ordinary law" the words "insof…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-16

…tative who sits on the committee to represent it and take legal action on matters within its remit. III.The social committee of the administration is also consulted, under the conditions set out in Bo…

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