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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-7

Where, pursuant to articles L. 232-3 and L. 232-4, the statutory auditor shall make observations and set them out in a written report sent to the board of directors, the management board or the manage…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R307

Article R. 83 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 83.-Before issuing the requested bulletin no. 3, the court clerk shall check the civil status of the person concerned; if he or she does not discover an a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1211-9

…rticle L. 1211-3 ; 2° The terms and conditions of the treatment provided for in article L. 1211-4 ; 3° The health safety rules provided for in article L. 1211-6; 4° The conditions under which the vigi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-5

…L. 632-6;2° During the time when the foreign national is serving a fixed prison sentence in France;3° When the foreign national is the subject of a house arrest decision taken pursuant to articles L.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article D321-4

…to the legal and regulatory provisions; 2° The name of the approved insurance company or companies; 3° The number of the insurance contract taken out; 4° The period of validity of the contract; 5° The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-8

La dotation régionale d'équipement scolaire allouée à chaque région d'outre-mer est calculée dans les conditions prévues par l'article L. 4332-3. The regional education grant for the Guadeloupe region…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementing provisions.

Article L4111-6

…workers as provided for in articles L. 4121-3 to L. 4121-5; 2° General health and safety measures; 3° Special requirements relating either to certain occupations, or to certain types of work, or to c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: The industrial tribunal

Article R1523-6

Industrial tribunal members residing in Saint-Martin or Saint-Barthélemy, when called upon to sit on the Basse-Terre industrial tribunal, are reimbursed, when travelling between the seat of the indust…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-2

The notification file referred to in Article L. 430-3 includes the items listed in annexes 4-3 to 4-5 of this book. It is sent either by filing one copy at the headquarters of the Competition Authorit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-15

When the needs of a particular processing operation or category of processing operations involving data from the national health data system exceed the scope of the authorisation granted to the State…

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