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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-146

If it is not necessary to maintain the seizure of the property in due form, a creditor with an enforceable title establishing a liquid and payable claim may be authorised, under the conditions provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-45

If the sentenced person has complied with the measures, obligations and prohibitions imposed on him or her for at least one year, his or her rehabilitation appears to have been achieved and no further…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-8

The enforcement of the measure is monitored by means of a process that remotely detects the presence or absence of the sentenced person in the only place designated by the sentence enforcement judge f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-4

I.-The operator of an organised trading system shall take all measures necessary to comply with the prohibition set out in Article L. 420-2 for the execution of members' orders on the system, whether…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-7

…of the branch's balance sheet and off-balance sheet items.Any company that has been deregistered remains subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution until the l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of approval and deregistration

Article L532-12

…of the branch's balance sheet and off-balance sheet items.Any company that has been deregistered remains subject to the supervision of the Autorité des marchés financiers until the liquidation is com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-45

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution becomes aware of misconduct or failure to comply with the legislative or regulatory provisions applicable to statutory auditors committed by a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-11

The profit available for distribution comprises the profit for the year, less any losses carried forward from previous years and any sums to be transferred to reserves pursuant to the law or the Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-9

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 232-15, the company's formation expenses are amortised before any distribution of profits and, at the latest, within five years. Capital…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-2-1

The documents drawn up by the agents referred to in Article L. 450-1 may be drawn up or converted into digital format and may be stored in their entirety in this form, in secure conditions, without th…

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