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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Judicial public interest agreements

Article R15-33-60-9

…t have been fully performed, the public prosecutor notifies the representatives of the legal entity and, where applicable, the victim of the termination of the public prosecution.If the agreement was…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for systemic medicinal treatments for cancer

Article R6123-94-1-1

…complies with the obligations imposed on holders of authorisations for medicine caring for children and adolescents mentioned in articles R. 6123-151 and R. 6123-158.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: General customs regulations.

Article 26

…Code relating to the application of duties are laid down by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance. 2. These decrees must also be signed by the other ministers concerned, in all cases pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-6

…requests by potential beneficiaries which enabled the insurer to identify the death (article L. 132-9-2) TOTAL AMOUNT and number of contracts for which the policyholder has been identified as deceased…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157-2

Expertise may also be requested from technical and scientific police services or organisations of the national police and the national gendarmerie, the list of which is set by joint order of the Minis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161-2

…le 161 exceeds one year, the investigating judge may request that a progress report be filed beforehand, which shall be notified to the parties in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 167…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 167-2

…te may ask the expert to submit a provisional report before his final report. The public prosecutor and the parties then have a period set by the examining magistrate, which may not be less than fifte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-2

…ossible result in executing orders, taking into account price, cost, speed, likelihood of execution and settlement, size, nature of the order or any other considerations relating to the execution of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

…contracts closed with no further action by the insurance company Year N Table 2: YEAR ANNUAL AMOUNT and number of contracts where the policyholder has been identified as deceased (article L. 132-9-2)…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-5

…sferred to CDC at 31 December N out of the stock identified at 31 December N-1 in millions of euros and as a percentage TOTAL NUMBER of contracts paid to beneficiaries or transferred to CDC at 31 Dece…

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