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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148

In any matter, a person remanded in custody or their lawyer may, at any time, request their release, subject to the obligations set out in Article 147. However, on pain of inadmissibility, no applicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-4

…person is incapable of expressing his or her wishes or when he or she is deceased, the examination may be undertaken for medical purposes in the interests of the members of his or her family who may…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-1

…tivities, are required to take out insurance to cover their civil or administrative liability which may be incurred due to damage suffered by third parties and resulting from personal injury, occurrin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1

…redit institutions and finance companies and the conditions under which direct or indirect holdings may be acquired, extended or transferred in these undertakings as well as in financial institutions,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-7

…Lastly, it prevents the conclusion and realisation of a commissoire pact.II. - The juge-commissaire may authorise the debtor to make an act of disposal unrelated to the day-to-day management of the bu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline.

Article L811-12

…committee sits as a disciplinary chamber. The Government Commissioner acts as public prosecutor. It may impose the following disciplinary penalties:1° A warning;2° A reprimand;3° A temporary ban for a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-8

…commission, by virtue of the latter's deliberation, represents the section in legal proceedings. He may, without the prior authorisation of the trade union commission, take any protective measures or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-1

…for insurance undertakings. III-The waiver referred to in the third paragraph of Article R. 332-17 may only be granted insofar as, in the opinion of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résoluti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may carry out or have carried out, on the basis of documents and on site, checks on the effectivenes…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-20

…e; The request is recorded, dated and signed by the department to which it is made. The declaration may also be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Where the requesting party is…

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