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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-6

I. - A transfer of ownership of equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or other ownership securities, as well as assets, rights or obligations of a person subject to a resol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-6

At the request of the resolution board and under the conditions and for the period it has determined, the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers or his representative shall require the market…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-6

I. - Participation, membership or access rights to the systems referred to in Article L. 330-1, to the trading platforms referred to in Title II of Book IV and to the clearing houses referred to in Ti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-5

The Public Prosecutor of the place where the judicial police officer usually carries out his duties will order the withdrawal or, for a period not exceeding two years, the suspension of the authorisat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Relations between detainees and their defence counsel

Article R57-6-5

The procedures for issuing communication permits to lawyers and the rules applicable to relations between detainees and their defence counsel are determined by the provisions of articles R. 313-14, R.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-6

Any person placed in police custody who has requested the assistance of a lawyer pursuant to article 63-3-1 who is moved to a place other than that of the investigating department may not be interview…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-5

For the sole purpose of detecting illegal employment offences committed via electronic communications for which they are competent, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 and sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-5

The Board's secretariat is provided by the Office. In this capacity, the Director of the Office attends the meetings of the Board, without the right to vote. He may be represented or assisted by any p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-67-5

Establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry may initiate pooling initiatives and conclude agreements with each other for the purpose, in particular, of sharing skills or creatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance relating to health products

Article R1413-61-5

The centres and coordinators referred to in article R. 1413-61-3 are hosted by one or more health establishments or placed under the authority of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency whe…

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