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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-29

…d letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by a secure means of telecommunication in accordance with 21° of Article D. 591 or by declaration to the Public Prosecutor's office against receipt, this magi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Article L781-2

…management company. References to financial institutions within the meaning of 4° of Article L. 511-21 are replaced by references to financial institutions within the meaning of Article L. 722-2; 2° T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-49

…nsistency of methods and independence of financial periods defined in articles L. 123-17 and L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code and ensures the comparability of data from one financial year to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…r any member of the armed forces, who has suffered loss as a result of intentional or unintentional acts which have the material nature of an offence may obtain full compensation for the damage result…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-3-1

CANDIDATE FOR THE EXAMINATION FOR ACCESS TO THE TRAINEESHIP PROVIDED FOR IN 4° OF ARTICLE R. 321-18 AND ARTICLES R. 321-20 to R. 321-25 OF THE CODE OF COMMERCEI, the undersigned ......................…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 49

In all cases where the mention of an act relating to civil status is to be made in the margin of an act already recorded, it will be made ex officio.The civil registrar who has drawn up or transcribed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-55

…the surrender of a person shall be carried out without verification of the dual criminality of the acts complained of when the acts in question are, under the law of the non-EU Member State, punishab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-16

…court in whose jurisdiction the offence was recorded, so that the latter can assess the appropriate action to be taken ; 2° Issue the enforcement order increasing the amount of the fixed fine in the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-20

I. - In application ofArticle L. 612-21, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution draws up and updates, in the form of an electronic register, the lists of the following persons: 1° The pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-7

…ons of Title III of Book I of Part Three relating to legality control and the enforceability of the acts of the departmental authorities;- the provisions of Chapters II and VII of the single title of…

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