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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-31-1

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may grant the dispensatory authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-9-1 to one or more health establishments, with immediate effect and for a pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-31

If the request is granted, the public prosecutor may, within ten days, contest this decision before the president of the investigating chamber. This challenge suspends the execution of the decision.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-9

…ll be entitled to exercise in mainland France, in the overseas departments and in the Department of Mayotte and Saint-Martin all the powers that he is entitled to exercise on the territory of that Sta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…ilities and for the accomplishment of its missions, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may transmit to Europol the information and financial analyses available to it pursuant to II and II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-31-1

…em to be considered as having sufficient knowledge of medical liability expert appraisal techniques may be included on a probationary basis for a maximum period of two years. During this period, the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-31

The articles of association of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may not provide for higher quorums for meetings of their extraordinary general meeting than those in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R743-139-31

…ompany, the copy of the dispatch provided for in the first paragraph, of which any interested party may obtain communication.He may not take up his duties until the aforementioned formalities have bee…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-1

…on the foreign birth record. However, at the time of the application for transcription, the parents may opt for the application of French law to determine the name of their child, under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-31-1

The annual surplus from the operating budget may be transferred to the budget for social and cultural activities in accordance with article L. 2315-61, up to a limit of 10% of this surplus. This sum a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to the tribunal de grande instance.

Article ANNEXE, art. 31

…ce with the provisions of the code of civil procedure. Where the procedure is in writing, the claim may also be brought by delivery to the court registry of an originating document in duplicate signed…

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