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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-3

…ve been used by the convicted person or could be used with a view to committing a crime or offence; 8° An obligation to make financial reparation for the damage caused by the offence or an obligation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-3

…nal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, and with Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, files and freedoms; 5° Compliance of the informati…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Data controllers and data processors

Article R1111-26

…esponsible for the development, deployment, hosting under the conditions set out in article L. 1111-8 and support for users of the digital health space, as well as the implementation of the digital po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-31

The decisions of the general meetings of shareholders referred to in article R. 228-28 are published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. This publication indicates the date on which the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-52

…rmal expiry date; 7° The amount, at the time of issue, of the securities guaranteed by the company; 8° The amount of the issue ; 9° The nominal value of the security; 10° The rate and time of payment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President of the Assembly of French Guyana and the Standing Committee

Article L7123-12

…ard project management contracts awarded in accordance with intermediate and competition procedures;8° Authorising the Chairman to sign agreements for guarantees granted by the Assembly;9° Awarding, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R7

…entioned in 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° and 5° may be different from the members mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4°, 7° and 8° of Article R. 3.The total number of magistrates provided for in 1° and 5° is equal to the total n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-123

…n on the valuation of property assets; 7° The company's situation at the end of the financial year; 8° Changes in valuation methods and the reasons for them in the presentation of the annual accounts;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

…s been set, may be present in a quantity or number constituting a potential danger to human health; 8° When works or developments being carried out at the point of abstraction or on the water distribu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-36

…isional payments may be made under the conditions defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 622-8. The plan execution commissioner distributes the price among the creditors, makes the payment and…

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