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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-30

A credit institution or finance company that assigns or pledges business receivables under the conditions set out in article L. 313-23 may, at any time, issue securities intended for the use of all or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Role of doping prevention medical units

Article D232-3

Athletes who have been sanctioned in application of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 benefit from at least one medical consultation within a doping prevention medical unit.At the end of this con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-2

The exercise of the mandate of member of the Regional Joint Trade Committee may not be a reason for termination of the employment contract. The dismissal or termination of a fixed-term contract of a m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

The Statutory Auditors' special report provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 225-40 and the third paragraph of article L. 225-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the inf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-4

The time devoted to training directors elected by the general meeting of shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 is d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-42

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the officers or agents of the judicial police mentioned in articles 60-1,77-1-1 and 99-3 keep registers enabling the traceability of requests receive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R641-11

With the exception of Article R. 621-20 and of the first sentence of the first paragraph of article R. 621-23, the provisions of articles R. 621-17 to R. 621-24 and R. 622-18 are applicable to the pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2

In all places, the operator participating in the external funeral service mentioned in article L. 2223-23 shall, without delay, provide the body of the person whose death has been ascertained with a n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation (R)

Article R2223-56

The authorisation provided for in articles L. 2223-23, L. 2223-41 and L. 2223-43 is issued by the prefect in the department where the régie, company or association has its registered office. It is iss…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-22

The grant application is submitted by the mayor or the president of the competent inter-communal public cooperation establishment or signatory of the agreement provided for in the penultimate paragrap…

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