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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care procedure

Article D3844-2

…rtmental psychiatric care commission are replaced by references to the psychiatric care commission; 4° References to an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 are replaced by references to an es…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5134-69

…rt of the employee ; 2° Dismissal for force majeure 3° Dismissal for medically certified unfitness; 4° Dismissal for economic reasons in the context of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-31

…company name and form of the company; 2° Its registered office; 3° The amount of its share capital; 4° The number of shares subject to the reverse split and the nominal value of each; 5° The number of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-4

…gulatory provisions, the constitutional documents and the document referred to in Article L. 412-1; 4° It ensures that, in transactions involving the assets of the securitisation undertaking, the coun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5-4

…coordinating the actions of those involved in the jurisdiction and external partners in this area; 4° preventing prison overcrowding within the jurisdiction's prisons and encouraging the development…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-13

…conditions to which approval was subject are no longer met, in particular in the case mentioned in 4° of article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-14

Any duly registered association whose articles of association propose the defence of the French language and which is approved under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat may exerci…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article L363-1

The provisions of Titles I to III and Title VII of this Book apply under the following conditions: 1° For the application of article L. 313-1, articles L. 3331-1, L. 3331-2, L. 3332-11, L. 3335-3 and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-27

…ancial control mission at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representative; 4° The head of the department responsible for multimedia at the Ministry of Industry or his represen…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Electronic auctions

Article R2162-59

…l be made available to tenderers during the auction and the time at which it will be made available;4° Relevant information concerning the conduct of the auction, in particular the conditions under wh…

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