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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R80-1

The provisions of article R. 77 are applicable for the establishment of bulletin n° 2.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article R161-1

…the décret n° 75-1339 du 31 décembre 1975 relatif aux mo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-5

The terms of application of articles R. 612-1 to R. 612-25 and R. 613-53 to R. 613-59 are set by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D612-58

The provisions of articles D. 612-53 to D. 612-57 apply to the appointment and reappointment of Statutory Auditors and Substitute Statutory Auditors, as well as in the event of a change in the natural…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-52

For the collection of the contributions referred to in Articles L. 6331-48 and L. 6331-53, the body referred to inArticle L. 225-1-1 of the Social Security Code collects management fees in accordance…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

Table 1: NUMBER OF CONTRACTS having given rise to investigation/search by the insurance company NUMBER OF INSURED PERSONS centenarians not deceased, including those for whom there is a presumption of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-18

If the requests provided for in Article R. 53-21-11, the public prosecutor shall inform the register management department, which shall immediately rectify or delete the data, depending on the case. I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-62

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 613-50-8, when the activities of the bridge institution are terminated under the conditions provided for in III of Article L. 613-53-4, any liquidatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-3

Verification of the identity of persons entered in the file provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-53-2 is carried out, where possible, on the basis of information communicated to the crim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-61

Any application by one or more heirs of a deceased member for the preferential allocation to them of the shares of the deceased member shall be notified to the company and to each of the members in on…

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