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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-10

Application for renewal of approval may be made by the beneficiary association under the same conditions as those laid down for its issue..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article D40-1-1

If a party has requested to exercise one or more of the rights provided for in IV and VI of Article 175, the relevant provisions of IV and VI of that Article shall apply to all the parties.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-1

…training undercover agents, technical assistance for undercover operations defined by Article 706-81 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and by article 67 bis-II of the Customs Code and the centralisat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-1-1

…t least once a year, on the occasion of one of the half-yearly statements provided for in article 221, the President of the Examining Magistrate's Chamber or a member of the Chamber delegated by him w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article D45-1-1

The public prosecutor and the lawyers for all the parties are notified by any means of the date of the preparatory criminal meeting at least five working days before it takes place. This notice specif…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to pledges of securities registered in a shared electronic recording device

Article R211-14-1

…e financial instruments in the shared electronic registration system in accordance with article R. 211-3 is not a person authorised to receive repayable funds from the public within the meaning of art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-157-1

…non-trading property investment company and by the companies referred to in 2° of I of article L. 214-36 is assessed by an external valuer. Each property is appraised every five years. The market val…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.

Article D214-183-1

II of article D. 214-32-31 does not apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses.

Article D313-14-1

The minimum notice period referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of article L. 313-12 is sixty days for all categories of credit.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses.

Article R313-14-1

The public bodies referred to in article L. 313-13 are State-owned industrial and commercial public bodies whose purpose authorises them to participate in the financing of economic activity.

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