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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-23

Where a Payment Service User denies having authorised a payment transaction which has been executed, or claims that the payment transaction has not been executed correctly, the onus shall be on his Pa…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VIII: AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Article L228-2

I. - The Airport Consultative Commission comprises seven members appointed for a period of five years.II. - It is made up of :- a person appointed by the President of the National Assembly ;- a person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-205

When the meeting approves a proposed capital reduction not motivated by losses, the representative of the bondholders' group and the creditors whose claims predate the date on which the minutes of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-25

…joint owners cannot be identified, the notification concerning them is validly made to the town hall.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets out the terms and conditions for the application of this artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-2

…is agreement is concluded within the six-month period provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2222-1 or after the expiry of this period. Where a national collective labour agreement excludes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work.

Article L3163-2

…granted between midnight and 4 a.m., except in cases of extreme urgency as provided for in article L. 3163-3. No exemption may be granted for the employment of minors under the age of sixteen unless…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-2

The diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications referred to in Article L. 4362-1 are the optician-mutician advanced technician's certificate and the optician-mutician profession…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing.

Article L3315-2

…ontributions. When the employee and, where applicable, the beneficiary referred to in 1° of article L. 3312-3 do not request the payment, in whole or in part, of the sums allocated to them under the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-2

The advertising defined in Article L. 5223-1 shall relate to the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 which have the EU declaration of conformity provided for in Article 17 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: LOCAL AUTHORITY INSTITUTIONS

Article LO6323-2

…the vote on the budget, to the president of this council by the president of the territorial council.

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