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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-160-3

…te of the General Meeting called to vote on the buyback. It shall be made available to shareholders and statutory auditors, who may inspect it or obtain a copy in full or in part.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-3-1

…of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. In the event that the evidence of formal qualifications fro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-1

Persons who, on 29 November 1997, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician in a blood establishment without fulfilling the required conditions but who, on 23 May 2004, can provide p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-15

…s Judicial Court, after collecting, where appropriate, the observations of the investigating judges and the presidents of the criminal divisions, draws up, every two years, a proposal for the rating o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-17

…ime the final report is sent to the magistrate responsible for the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities. It will be taken into account for the administrative assessment of the customs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-3

One or more mutual insurance companies may, by means of a merger, transfer their assets and liabilities to an existing mutual insurance company or to a new mutual insurance company which they set up.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-30

…nto account the current value of the underlying assets, the counterparty risk, future market trends and the time available to liquidate positions. For feeder UCITS, this calculation also takes into ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3

In the case of mutual and cooperative networks, the European Central Bank may, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and after obtaining the opinion of the central bo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-19

For these officers, judicial police missions take precedence over any other mission for which they may be responsible at the same time.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-30-1

The bodies responsible for implementing the assessment procedures provided for in this Title shall be authorised for this purpose by a decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécur…

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