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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

For the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38, the information system is linked, for verification and updating purposes, with : 1° The national system for managing identifiers implemented by the Ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-6

…lectronic voting is used, the campaign expenses reimbursed to candidates pursuant to article R. 713-12 include the cost of the paper and printing of the circulars, where the election organising commit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-1

…ce to the obligations to declare significant shareholdings imposed by the articles L. 233-7, L. 233-12 et L. 233-13, the issuing company may ask any legal entity that owns its shares and has holdings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approvals

Article R1222-45

…centre de transfusion sanguine des armées comply with the good practices referred to in Article L. 1222-12 and that the operating and equipment standards for blood establishments and the centre de tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-29

…r the application of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles R. 8111-9 and R. 8111-12, the Minister of Defence and the authorities he designates for this purpose are substituted for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-8

…holder or the company organises the collection of data by the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5121-12-1. When the compassionate prescription framework concerns several medicinal products, the cos…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-2

…in favour of: 1° Investment services relating to the financial contracts defined in Article L. 533-12-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° Digital asset services within the meaning of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-15

…special advantages resulting therefrom is made in the special report referred to in Article L. 228-12.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

…ional authorities pursuant to Article 34 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor shall inform: 1° The competent public prosecu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-10

…ng the wanted persons file of the deletions it has made pursuant to the articles 706-25-6 et 706-25-12. The public prosecutor may also proceed on his own initiative. If it transpires that the person i…

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