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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-28

Following notification of the European arrest warrant, if he decides not to release the wanted person, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or the judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

…y person apprehended in execution of a European arrest warrant must be brought before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. During this period, the provisions of Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-26

If the requested person is in a known place on national territory, the arrest warrant issued by a Member State of the European Union or a State linked to the European Union by an agreement mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of Articles L. 1242-3, L. 1243-1, L. 1243-2-1, L. 1243-5 to L. 1243-9, L. 1244-1-1, L. 1244-1-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-80

The conditions relating to the eligibility, electorate, composition of colleges, voting procedures, challenges, training, term and conditions of office, dismissal, protection of the employment contrac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-88

The person directly or indirectly interested in the agreement is required to inform the Supervisory Board as soon as he/she becomes aware of an agreement to which Article L. 225-86 is applicable. If i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-86

Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between the company and one of the members of the Management Board or Supervisory Board, a shareholder holding more than 10% of the votin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-87

The provisions of article L. 225-86 do not apply to agreements relating to ordinary transactions entered into on arm's length terms or to agreements entered into between two companies, one of which ho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-84

The Supervisory Board may allocate exceptional remuneration for assignments or mandates entrusted to members of the Supervisory Board. In this case, such remuneration, charged to operating expenses, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-89

Agreements approved by the meeting, like those that it disapproves, produce their effects with regard to third parties, except when they are cancelled in the case of fraud. Even in the absence of frau…

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