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

Article L225-44

Subject to articles L. 225-21-1, L. 225-22, L. 225-23, L. 225-27 and L. 225-27-1, directors may not receive from the company any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, other than that provided for in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

…ly substituted for the departmental fire and rescue service referred to in Article 56 of Law No. 82-213 of 2 March 1982 on the rights and freedoms of municipalities, departments and regions, as it sto…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-12

…and entertainment" professional advisory committee under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-21 of the French Labour Code:either by an order of the minister responsible for sport; - or by an or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-31

…e latter and its affiliated undertakings. The provisions of articles L. 356-9 and L. 356-10, L. 356-21, R. 356-3, R. 356-5 to R. 356-5-2 and R. 356-30 as well as articles L. 632-1 and L. 612-26 of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R541-1

…mn of the same table:APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION R. 512-1 to R. 512-5, R. 512-7 to R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38Resulting from décret n° 2018…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-12

…d letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by a secure means of telecommunication in accordance with 21° of Article D. 591 or by declaration to the Public Prosecutor's office against receipt, this magi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Appeals

Article D45-29

…d letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by a secure means of telecommunication in accordance with 21° of Article D. 591 or by declaration to the Public Prosecutor's office against receipt, this magi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-2

…management company. References to financial institutions within the meaning of 4° of Article L. 511-21 are replaced by references to financial institutions within the meaning of Article L. 722-2; 2° T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-49

…nsistency of methods and independence of financial periods defined in articles L. 123-17 and L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code and ensures the comparability of data from one financial year to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…hose jurisdiction the person resides, so that the latter can decide, in accordance with article 495-21 either waive the prosecution, in which case it shall notify its decision to the author of the req…

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