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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementing provisions

Article L6323-24-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-24

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market allow notification of the appointment and revocation of the agent referred to in Article R. 225-79 by electronic means.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Commissioning

Article R15-33-24

…ries that the private security guard is responsible for guarding, as well as the nature of the offences that he is responsible for recording pursuant to the provisions that authorise him to do so. Whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-24

When the plea that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution is raised by a detainee, in support of a request that may be made by handing it to the head…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-24

…f a person who has applied for recruitment, assignment, authorisation, approval or accreditation concerning an activity or profession involving contact with minors or whose exercise of such an activit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Common provisions

Article R53-21-24

The magistrates of the public prosecutor's office and any official of the public prosecutor's office specially authorised by the public prosecutor shall exercise the powers conferred on this magistrat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-24

…ompetent judicial authority; b) A description of the facts which are the subject of the criminal proceedings concerned; c) All relevant information on the identity of the suspected or accused persons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-24

…f article R. 214-32-29 and of article R. 214-32-33. When these financial contracts are based on indices meeting the conditions defined in I of article R. 214-32-25, the provisions of the first paragra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article R214-240-1

…same way as a specialised professional fund. The loan mentioned in article R. 214-203-6 does not concern the issue of debt securities.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-6

The former specialised finance company that retains the assets whose disposal would not be in the best interests of investors pursuant to Article L. 214-190-2-1 and the new specialised finance company…

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