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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-19

…e Monetary and Financial Code, a specialised committee acting under the responsibility, as the case may be, of the administrative body or the supervisory body, shall monitor issues relating to the pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

…on and housing of Travellers; 7° Collection and treatment of household and similar waste; 8° Water; 9° Wastewater treatment, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2224-8; 10° Urban rainwater…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-8

I. - The following may have direct access to personal information and data recorded in the processing in the context of criminal proceedings: 1° Magistrates from the Public Prosecutor's Office and mag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

…e and the national representative organisations of the Bars and Law Societies, the parties' lawyers may transmit the following requests, statements and observations by a secure means of telecommunicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-24

I. - Any portfolio management company governed byArticle L. 532-9 which, having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standing advisory group on working conditions

Article R4641-8

…ent on the ministerial college not sitting on the National Occupational Health and Safety Committee may be called upon in an advisory capacity by the General Secretary. The members of the College of S…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-16

…Community or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area; all or part of this experience may, where applicable, have been acquired during internships beyond the first year in these establis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration

Article D6152-356

…the development of networking between the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and the cooperation ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-358

…ng certain periods of the year depending on activity. In order to take this leave, the practitioner may use annual leave days, reduced working time days, recuperation days and days accumulated in his…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L765-2

…pplicable, on the possibility of benefiting from assisted return" are deleted; 4° In Article L. 732-9, after the words: "work authorisation", the words: "in accordance with locally applicable regulati…

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