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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-2

I. - For the application of III of Article L. 312-4, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund may be responsible for informing depositors of the branches mentioned in this III on behalf of the author…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-1

…t of an appeal against an order to remand a person in custody, the accused or the public prosecutor may, if the appeal is lodged no later than the day following the decision to remand the person in cu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

…erts meet all the conditions required to guarantee their independence from the parties involved. It may, however, appoint a single expert from the same list if it considers this sufficient. In the abs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…ts mentions this privilege.Ia -To finance the activities mentioned in I, sociétés de crédit foncier may issue "obligations foncières" whose maturity date may be extended, in accordance with the terms…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article Annexe I art. R*322-58

…me, date and sign without ticking any box Name of my representative : (The words "or a third party" may only appear in this box if the Articles of Association provide for this possibility) Article R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-17

I.-The contract may provide for penalties to be imposed on the supplier in the event of non-performance of contractual commitments. It must allow for a sufficient margin of error in relation to the vo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-10

…at any other place indicated in the notice convening the meeting.Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held by videoconference under the conditions laid down in the internal rules in accordance wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article R711-68

…the administrative organisation of the services;2° The age limit for election to the bureau, which may not exceed the age of seventy years on the date of the last day of voting for the election of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Service obligations.

Article R6152-606

For a full-time practitioner, the working week is set at ten half-days per week, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, calculated as an average over a period of four months. Night work is cou…

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