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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-21

…ing and movement of the deposited funds and financial securities are borne by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. No custodian fees are payable in respect of consigned financial securities.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-20

The Director General of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations may issue, or have issued by the officers of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, fines against any person who, having an obligation t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-22

…other proceeds whatsoever from consigned financial securities do not entitle the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations to any settlement or payment of interest, regardless of the date on which they were…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-7

…plines for which they have been delegated, the delegating federations lay down the technical and safety rules applicable to the events mentioned in article R. 331-6. The specific regulations for these…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to unwritten contracts concluded by purchasing card

Article R2321-7

…ous category as defined in article R. 2121-6 does not exceed the thresholds for advertising and competitive tendering. If this value reaches or exceeds the threshold defined in article R. 2322-14, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-78

…rpose is to construct, renovate, restructure, extend or make accessible as provided for by articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the French Construction and Housing Code under the conditions set out in A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article R642-7

When the court is called upon to rule on the assignment of contracts mentioned in article L. 642-7, or to record the transfer of a security interest referred to in Article L. 642-12, the co-contractor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation of disciplinary chambers of first instance and national disciplinary chambers.

Article R4126-7

…her as a full member or as an alternate member. The orders of the ministers responsible for the budget and health setting the allowances payable to the chairmen or deputy chairmen of the disciplinary…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of simple adoption

Article 370-1-7

…name. The court may, however, at the request of the adopter, decide that the adopted person shall retain his or her original name. At the request of the adopter, the court may change the child's fore…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-7-1

The conditions of formation and the effects of a registered partnership as well as the causes and effects of its dissolution are subject to the substantive provisions of the State of the authority whi…

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