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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-35

The authorisations provided for in Article 230-16 are issued under the following conditions: 1° For national police officers carrying out judicial police duties, either by the heads of the national po…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-19

…The public prosecutor forwards the dispute mentioned in the third paragraph of 2° of article D. 45-16, along with his or her submissions, to the judge mentioned in the first paragraph of article 495-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-14

…ph of II of article L. 611-2 as well as article R. 611-15 and the first paragraph of article R. 611-16. If the letter is returned with a note stating that it has not been claimed by its addressee, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-82

…est under electronic surveillance are those provided for by articles R. 57-10 to R. 57-14 and R. 57-16 to R. 57-18 of this Code, and R. 622-1, R. 622-2, R. 622-4, R. 622-6, R. 622-7, R. 622-8, R. 622-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-21

…ructure, drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, within four months of the end of the financial year.The statutory auditor shall infor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-30

…of the Labour Code, as a member of the employee representation body referred to in article L. 2352-16 of the same code or as a member of a committee of the European Company mentioned in l'article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-11

…perience and their investment or financing objectives. These provisions do not apply in the case of mailings carried out under the conditions provided for in V of article L. 341-4, without prejudice t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Article L3241-1

…III of Part Three with the exception of the first paragraph of article L. 3312-2, 2°, 3° and 7° to 16° of article L. 3321-1 and article L. 3321-2;2° By Chapters II and V of Title III of Book III of P…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-19

…le L. 4132-17, as well as to any interested person, under the conditions set out in Article L. 4132-16. The Corsican regional authority shall forward to the representative of the State and to the acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities

Article R123-284

…e fund whose jurisdiction is determined in accordance with the rules established by Articles R. 722-16 and D. 731-14 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. When a natural or legal person transfers th…

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