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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-5-1

The judicial representative may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Status and missions of Pôle emploi

Article R5312-5-1

The request for a rescript, from an employer concerning one of its corporate officers or a person holding a corporate office, as provided for in Article L. 5312-12-2, shall include a precise and compl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-5

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers is not the competent authority for monitoring compliance with the disclosure requirements laid down in Article L. 451-1-2 of this Code and Articles L. 233-7 t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-5-1

The judicial courts designated in the table set out below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in that table, the offences mentioned in I of Article 706-2-3. JURISDICTIONAL COURTS Juris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-3-5

I.-The healthcare professional or the professional from the medico-social or social sector mentioned in III bis of article L. 1110-4 and who belongs to one of the categories listed in article R. 1110-…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-8-5

I. - The national member may, as a national authority with the authorisation of the competent judicial authority, submit requests or take decisions in matters of judicial cooperation in application, i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-3

The declaration of a société de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle shall be sent collectively by the partners, who shall appoint a common agent, to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups

Article L613-59-1

I. - Where a credit institution, an investment firm or a parent undertaking established in a non-EU Member State has in France and in at least one other EU Member State a subsidiary or branch consider…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

I. - An online payment service meeting the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat is made available to users by: 1° Local authorities and their public establishments; 2° Public health es…

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