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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-36

As soon as he is authorised pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 15-33-35, the mediator or the public prosecutor's delegate shall take the following oath before the judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-3-3

…in 6° of Article R. 92, to request a company to carry out technical cleaning work on the premises once it is no longer necessary to leave them in the state they are in for the purposes of the proceedi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-34-3

The agent provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 631-19-1 may be the court-appointed administrator.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article R642-37-3

Orders made pursuant to Article L. 642-19 shall, at the registrar's initiative, be notified to the debtor and communicated by simple letter to the auditors. Appeals against these decisions may be lodg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

…1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on the basis of an amount established, in metropolitan departments,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-3

…n order to determine whether the person is in a fit state to appear in person and understand the proceedings, as well as to determine the arrangements for this appearance, and in particular whether re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article R561-38-3

…e application of II of Article L. 561-32, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall put in place an internal control system adapted to their size, the nature, complexity and volume of their acti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-3-3

…of the European Union and the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area concerned a report containing the group's risk assessment.For the purposes of III of Article L. 613-20-…

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

Article R612-34-3

…poses of 2° of I of Article L. 612-35-1 and subject to the third paragraph of this Article, the police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be published for a…

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

Article R612-31-3

When it decides on the automatic transfer of a portfolio of insurance contracts concluded in the territory of one or more Member States of the European Economic Area, pursuant to 14° of Article L. 612…

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