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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and certain of their subsidiaries.

Article R232-11

…ficate of the statutory auditors. The information provided for in 5°,6°,7° and 8° of Article R. 233-14 may be omitted if it appears in the consolidated accounts filed with the court registry at the cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…as well as information on the limitations of their rights provided for in III. Pursuant to Article 14(5)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, the information requirement does not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-13

…uly diagnosed condition which, with the exception of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6153-1-14, on the list drawn up pursuant toarticle 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-5

…eir managers, central banks, or central counterparties within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012.II. - Subject to the provisions of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

…rds are inserted: "under the conditions set out in Article L. 2573-12, with effect from 1st January 2012"; 2° In the second paragraph, after the words: "new territorial organisation of the Republic",…

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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

…hable by the articles 222-22 à 222-30, 224-1 A to 224-1 C, 225-4-1 to 225-4-5, 225-5 to 225-10, 225-14-1 and 225-14-2 and 227-25 to 227-27 of the Criminal Code;3° The injured party is of French nation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-7

…the subject of a resolution measure. Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 and Article L. 421-14, 3° and 4° are implemented without the need to obtain the agreeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Jurisdiction of labour inspection officers

Article L8112-2

…ng in human beings, forced labour and reduction to servitude, provided for in articles 225-4-1, 225-14-1 and 225-14-2 of the same Code, as well as offences relating to working and housing conditions c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…3; 4° Article R. 6323-13 relating to the documents to be sent; 5° Articles R. 6323-11-1 and R. 6323-14-1 relating to applications from employees on fixed-term contracts; 6° Article R. 6323-11-2 relati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 521-14 and the second paragraph of I of l'article L. 521-16, the owner of the registered design or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploitation…

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