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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director and staff of the Agency

Article R4642-6

…He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors in application of article R. 4642-4. He prepares the deliberations of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are carried out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-6

…dy has been delegated, of financial instruments held in custody in accordance with II of Article L. 214-175-4. It shall not be held liable if it proves, under the conditions defined by the General Reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-64

…electronic voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and civil liberties and in com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-63

Voting may take place electronically. Electronic voting excludes all other voting methods. The electoral regulations set out the conditions under which nurses who are not equipped for electronic votin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-6

The sixth paragraph of Article L. 251-1 and articles L. 251-7 and

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-6

…Each section comprises one member chosen from among the persons mentioned in 1° of IV of Article L. 621-2, one member chosen from among the persons mentioned in 2° of IV of Article L. 621-2, three mem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-2

When an application for review is referred to the committee investigating applications for review and reconsideration pursuant to Article 622, it shall take into account all new facts or unknown eleme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-2

Requests for mutual assistance from foreign judicial authorities shall be executed by the public prosecutor or by officers or agents of the judicial police requested for this purpose by that magistrat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 616

If the herd over which a usufruct has been established perishes entirely by accident or disease and through no fault of the usufructuary, the usufructuary is liable to the owner only for an account of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 606

The major repairs are those to the large walls and vaults, the restoration of the beams and entire roofs. That of the dykes and retaining and enclosing walls also in their entirety. All other repairs…

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