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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

By way of derogation from Article 11, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of the article 628, the counter-terrorism pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-69

…cle L. 225-232 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions laid down in Article L. 22-10-44.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-66

For application of article L. 225-228, when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Board of Directors shall choose the statutory auditors it intends to propose, withou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-68

…present a report under the conditions provided for in the first two paragraphs of article L. 225-231 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-44. In compa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-11

…y of the issuing State shall be transmitted, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 695-9-6, to the territorially competent investigating judge, if necessary via the public prosecutor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for certain territories

Article L5125-6-1

In the territories defined in article L. 5125-6, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will draw up an order, after consulting the relevant local council of the Ordre des pharmaciens and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-6

…In the case of contributions of an ancillary or non-essential nature mentioned in 4° of Article L. 131-4, such an assignment is possible. A flat-rate fee can only be justified for a specific transact…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-6

…on of the seats of each regional cross-industry joint committee provided for in 2° of article L. 23-112-1 takes into account, for the assessment of the employers' audience, the number of member compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article A123-63-1

…electronic transmission of accounting documents provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 123-121-4, the individual limited liability entrepreneur shall use the IT service mentioned in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-67-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph of article D. 1221-58, when the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre imports labile blood products with a view to processing them for f…

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