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Showing 251260 of 37476 articles for Art. L 221-30

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transactions carried out on youth savings accounts and remuneration.

Article R221-83

The Livret Jeune is subject to the provisions relating to passbook accounts laid down in application of article L. 611-1.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R221-2

The documents allowing third-country nationals mentioned in article L. 200-4 to be admitted to French territory are their valid passport and a visa or, if they are exempt from this, a document establi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-3

No transaction may result in the account being in debit. The minimum amount for individual cash withdrawals or deposits on a Livret A passbook account is set at 10 euros. The amount referred to in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-126

…force of Decree no. 2015-31 of 15 January 2015 on the forestry investment and insurance account, unless they are converted into a forestry investment and insurance account at the request of their hol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-4

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 141-7, the Banque de France collects statistical information on share savings plans from custodian-account holders, as defined by order of the Minister…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: The share savings plan.

Article D221-112

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 141-7, the Banque de France collects statistical information on share savings plans from custodian-account holders, as defined by order of the Minister…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-70

I. - The operations authorised within the framework of the People's Savings Plan under the Insurance Code are life insurance operations which come under classes of activity 20, 22, 23 and 26 of articl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: National guide-interpreter diploma.

Article D221-20

The national guide-interpreter diploma is a national diploma of the second cycle of higher education, within the meaning of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Seizures in the hands of the debtor

Article R221-19

The debtor retains the use of the goods made unavailable by the seizure, unless they are consumable goods. However, the enforcement judge may order, on application, at any time and even before the sta…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-28

…of use that the third party may have over the seized property, the execution judge may order, on application, at any time and even before the start of the seizure operations, the handing over of one o…

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