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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-1

…260. COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BODIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE L. 823-16 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE >. Introduction 1. During the audit of the accounts carried out as part of the certification of the accounts…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedure

Article R514-5-1

All correspondence or documents relating to proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property provided for in this Book shall be filed at the registered office of the Institute or shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-1-5

…nseil d'Etat decree specifies:1° The conditions of access to this service, in particular the period during which it is offered to pregnant women;2° The terms and conditions of its allocation;3° The or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-52

…terised by a very high probability of again committing one of the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the sentence enforcement judge or the public prosecutor shall refer the matter to the preside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the régies (R).

Article R1617-5-1

…by the authorising officer with the approval of the accounting officer. The interim administrator's duties may not exceed a period of six months, renewable once. At the end of this period, it is the r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-5

…of difficulties in the application, within an approved service, of the provisions of articles R. 6153-2 to R. 6153-2-3, R. 6153-10 and D. 6153-10-1, the representatives of students in the third cycle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…any's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second paragraph of Article L. 225-197-1 is not applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market. I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-7

The resolution college may take any measure necessary to implement a measure taken pursuant to sub-section 9 of this section, I of Article L. 613-55, 1° of I of Article L. 613-55-4, I of Article L. 61…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-5

…a full hospitalisation measure is released in application of V of article L. 3211-12-1, the patient may, as soon as the measure is released, be subject to psychiatric care in the form mentioned in 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure

Article R53-8-53

…lic prosecutor, at least eighteen months before the release of the persons mentioned in Article 706-53-13, so that it can examine them in accordance with the provisions of article 706-53-14. If the co…

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