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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operating rules

Article D214-8

…s whose disposal would not be in the best interests of the unitholders pursuant to article L. 214-8-7, and the new fund have the same portfolio management company, the same custodian and the same audi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-5

…mpany managing the specialised finance company in accordance with articles L. 214-190-2 and L. 214-177; 4° The date of incorporation and the term of the company; 5° The conditions and procedures for c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-1

…se referred to in article L. 1332-1 and to paid-access swimming pools referred to in article L. 322-7 of the French Sports Code. An order of the Minister for Health defines the notion of collective us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Lapse and cessation of activity

Article R1333-141

…vity was carried out in such a state that it cannot harm the interests mentioned in article L. 1333-7, the person responsible for the nuclear activity shall forward to the Nuclear Safety Authority the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 12: The draft plan.

Article R631-34-1

…n question and to the legal representative of the legal entity. The persons cited in Article R. 621-7 as well as the representatives of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee are no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-11

…rson for the imposition or modification of one of the measures covered by the provisions of Article 712-4 shall be the subject of a written request addressed to the sentence enforcement judge, signed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to speeding offences

Article A37-11

Notwithstanding articles A. 37-7 to A. 37-10, the characteristics of the forms used for the contraventions punishable by articles R. 413-14 et R. 413-17 of the Highway Code insofar as they concern exc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article R2315-4

…rmance of their duties by the trade union representatives mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 2315-7 is set within limits which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not exceed twenty hours per mon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4162-3

…allocate the points registered in it to the uses provided for in 1° and 2° of I of article L. 4163-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-1

…f the second and fifth paragraphs of article L. 1435-1 and of the last paragraph of article L. 1435-7, and of article 13 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, the regional health agency implements…

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