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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-53

The committee shall total up, in each jurisdiction, the number of votes obtained by each candidate in each professional category or sub-category and allocate the seats in accordance with article L. 71…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-56

…cised over the company or legal entity referred to in 1°, determined in accordance with Articles R. 561-1, R. 561-2 or R. 561-3, as well as the extent of this control; c) The date on which the natural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation, transfer or regrouping

Article R5125-5

…it is implicit. In the meantime, the benefit of the rules of anteriority provided for in article L. 5125-20, attached to the initial application, is retained. For the purposes of grandfathering, the c…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for jobseekers

Article R5524-5

Notwithstanding article R. 5524-4, when the person concerned has not exhausted the rights to the back-to-work allowance previously granted to him/her and he/she fulfils the conditions for a new openin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Chairmanship

Article R6143-5

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is elected for a term of five years from among the members representing the local authorities or qualified individuals. The chairman's term of office also ends wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…r may, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his or her supervision in order to analyse the i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

…ated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-35 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 511-36 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 57-1

…enabling access to the data mentioned in 1°.With the exception of the persons mentioned in Articles 56-1 to 56-5, failure to respond as soon as possible to this requisition is punishable by a fine of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-5

…4-2; 2° The personal and family medical history, collected in application of 1° of article R. 1211-25 ; 3° The results of the health screening tests mentioned in 2° of article R. 1211-25 and in articl…

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