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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R272

…ench Polynesia within the limits imposed respectively by Article 86 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and Article 94 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions

Article L773-11

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 516-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of the economy…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions

Article L774-11

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 516-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of the economy…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.

Article D452-3

…association has its registered office, after consulting the public prosecutor and the Autorité des marchés financiers. It is published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The opinion…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

…etween women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible and legible manner on the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-6

The Bureau of the Court of Cassation meets between 15 and 31 March at the invitation of the First President. It counts the votes and ranks the candidates in descending order of the number of votes obt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions.

Article R531-1

…shall inform the AMF, at its request, that they are making use of this exemption. The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask these persons for the elements on the basis of which they consider that t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R732-10

…resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-332005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-37n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R733-10

…ulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-33n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-37n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R734-10

…resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-332005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-37n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005

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