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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-78

…by the death or resignation of one or more members of the supervisory board, the supervisory board may, between two general meetings, make provisional appointments. When the number of Supervisory Boa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Risks covered.

Article A432-7

…dits granted to finance export transactions or export-related transactions, the loss or profit that may result from a difference between the exchange rate prevailing on the day of collection of a debt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-76

…sulting from the absence of any indication of a vote will not be considered as a vote cast.The form may, where appropriate, appear on the same document as the proxy form; in this case Article R. 225-7…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-74

The management company may not, on behalf of a fund, carry out any transactions other than forward or spot purchases or sales of its assets which are not traded on a regulated market within the meanin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-77

…ion framework under III of article L. 5121-12-1 or the import authorisation for a medicinal product may classify it in one of the following categories of medicinal products subject to restricted presc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-7

…made of them by contradictory, amicable or judicial expert appraisal, subject to deduction of what may remain due to him by lien on the respective prices of the goods and equipment, the surplus, if a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-75

…ed by a French judicial authority for the same facts. The judicial supervision measure thus adapted may not be more severe than that initially ordered.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 727-1

…licite. Under the conditions laid down in the provisions of the same article, the public prosecutor may authorise the prison administration to retain this equipment.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approval, training and swearing-in of persons responsible for inspections.

Article R232-71

…he interests or the image of the French Anti-Doping Agency and the fight against doping, the Agency may take the following measures against him, under the conditions defined beforehand by one of its d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approval, training and swearing-in of persons responsible for inspections.

Article R232-70

…the course of my duties".In the event of a serious impediment, the president of the judicial court may authorise the person responsible for the inspection to take the oath in writing.Only one oath is…

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