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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3-2

Services based on specific payment instruments, valid only in France, provided at the request of a legal person governed by public or private law or similar, subject to specific legislative or regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-1

I. - Payment institutions are legal entities, other than credit institutions, electronic money institutions and the persons mentioned in II of article L. 521-1, which provide the payment services ment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-2

I.-The standardised information document on the insurance product referred to in article L. 112-2, as well as any other information provided by a distributor pursuant to articles L. 521-1 to L. 521-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consultation of registered information

Article R521-31

The registrar with whom one of the registrations mentioned in article R. 521-1 has been made shall issue, on request, a statement mentioning the numbers of these registrations that he has noted as wel…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 521

…party ordered to pay sums other than maintenance, compensation or provisions may prevent provisional enforcement from being continued by depositing, with the judge's authorisation, cash or securities…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Buildings

Article 521

Ordinary cuttings of coppiced or mature woodland put into regulated cuttings only become movable as and when the trees are felled.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Police Court

Article 521

The police court deals with minor offences.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Title of works

Article 521

Manufacturers of gold, silver or platinum articles are subject to the guarantee legislation provided for in this chapter, not only in respect of their own production but also for articles which they h…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article R521-2

The publicity provided for in article L. 521-2 and in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 521-3-1 may be carried out via the press, electronically or by posting. Publication in the press, by elect…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conformity, safety and enhancement of products and services

Article L511-11

Officers are empowered to investigate and record breaches of the provisions of Book IV and Article L. 521-1, to the section 2 of Chapter I of Title II and to the section 1 of Chapter I of Title III of…

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