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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-32

…t any time from the investigating chamber in accordance with the forms provided for in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The provisions of articles 696-19 and 696-20 shall then apply..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-6

…reaches of the following provisions:1° Chapters I, II and IV of Title I of Book I;2° Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Chapter I of Title II of Book I;3° Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of Title…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96-142…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-6

…the cancellation of the said securities which are not included in the tax base pursuant toarticle 161 of the General Tax Code and which are not paid into the cash account of the same account constitu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-6

…for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU, the first two paragraphs shall not apply if…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Share capital.

Article R6223-64

Pursuant to III ofarticle 6 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected and to comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-6

…the minimum period stipulated in each case by the decrees issued in application of articles L. 4111-6 and L. 4321-4. It may not be less than four days.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-62

The decisions taken by the approved bodies under the procedures referred to in subsections 5, 6, 8 and 9 of section 6 of this chapter are valid for five years. They may be renewed for five-year period…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6

…in defining and updating the personalised employment access project referred to in article L. 5411-6-1, to carry out positive and repeated acts of job-seeking and to accept reasonable offers of emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article D6152-633-1

…e establishment, within the framework of the territorial hospital groupings mentioned in article L. 6132-1, when the shared medical project mentioned in I of article R. 6132-3 is adopted. The territor…

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