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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-5

The temporary detention decision referred to in II of article L. 152-4 and in article L. 152-4-1 may be appealed by the person to whom the temporary detention decision is notified and, if this is a di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574-1

The Criminal Division hearing an appeal against the judgment committing the offender to trial or ordering that the offender be referred to the Criminal Court must rule within three months of receipt o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5

The Eurojust Agency, acting through the national member or as a college, may:1° Inform the Public Prosecutor of offences of which it is aware and ask him to have an investigation carried out or prosec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-57

Persons against whom there are no plausible grounds for suspecting that they have committed or attempted to commit an offence and who are likely to provide evidence relevant to the proceedings may, wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-58

…anagement functions. In the case of a branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10, this prohibition means the exercise of effective management functions, within the meaning of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Setting up and closing down the social and economic committee

Article R2313-5

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment will take a decision within two months of receipt of the challenge. This decision is notified by registered letter w…

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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…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Chronic renal failure.

Article R6123-55

Authorisation to implement or extend the healthcare activities referred to in Article L. 6122-1 may only be granted to health establishments treating chronic renal failure by means of extrarenal purif…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 517-3

Where provisional execution has not been requested, or if, having been requested, the judge has omitted to rule, it may be requested, in the event of an appeal, only from the first president or, as so…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application

Article L314-5

Except in cases where the user is a natural person acting for non-business purposes, all or part of sections 3 and 4 of this chapter may be waived, with the exception of III of article L. 314-7 and I…

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