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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-5

Applications for approval and renewal are sent to the departmental directorate for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control in whose area of jurisdiction the association has its registered offi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions for overseas territories.

Article R421-58

…ia, French Polynesia, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and Wallis and Futuna : Section V of this chapter ; Sections I and IV of this chapter, insofar as they concern accidents caused by v…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-5

In implementing the provisions of Articles R. 355-3 and R. 355-4, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall assess whether the provision of information represents a disproportionate b…

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

Article R533-5

…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, within the two-mo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Draws of lots.

Article R150-5

Draws of lots to determine which capitalisation contracts or securities may be redeemed early must be made publicly in the presence of a bailiff, at the places specified in the contracts, and under th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article R651-5

For the application of article L. 651-4, the judge appointed by the president of the court may be assisted by any person of his choice, whose findings are recorded in his report. This report is filed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R546-5

For the purpose of verifying the good repute conditions referred to in articles L. 519-3-3, L. 541-2, L. 541-7 and article L. 548-4, the body referred to in I of article R. 546-1 shall request the bul…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-5

…tional, holder of a resident permit, may not be subject to a deportation order pursuant to articles L. 631-2 or L. 631-3 and has been definitively convicted on the basis of articles 433-3, 433-4, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-5

In addition to the Prefect or his representative and the President of the Mayotte Departmental Council, the Regional Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance Committee is made up of members appoin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-5

The articles L. 123-1 to L. 123-5, L. 211-12, L. 211-13,L. 211-22, L. 211-24, L. 221-3, L. 261-6, L. 262-2, L. 264-3, L. 264-5, L. 265-1, L. 265-3, L. 266-2, L. 267-1, L. 267-2, L. 268-2 and the secon…

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