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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-6-1

Service remains valid even if it was effected after the expiry of the forty-five day period provided for in Article 559-1 or the three-month period set by the public prosecutor or the civil party.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article D47-1-6

…ed on national territory to be temporarily transferred to the territory of the executing State or vice versa, or to transit through the territory of a third State, the Director of Prison Administratio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-6-2

The summons drawn up pursuant to article 390 specifies that the person may request the assistance of a lawyer immediately or at any time during the proceedings. It also specifies the conditions under…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-6

…articles D. 45-2-3 and D. 48-2-5 providing for the convicted person to be summoned, a date for incarceration to be set and an order for the execution of the warrant to be issued are not applicable. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-6-3

Service may be effected by electronic means in accordance with the provisions of Article 803-1 in the cases and in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 593-1-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-6

The registered intermediary who is the beneficiary of a proxy mentioned in article D. 211-9-5 may transmit or issue shareholders' votes under his signature. The mandates and proxies referred to in art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-6

The notification provided for in Article L. 214-24-22 shall be made as soon as possible and no later than ten business days from the date on which the AIF reaches or crosses, upwards or downwards, one…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-66-1

A local investment fund may borrow up to 10% of its assets.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article D214-64-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall refuse to approve the creation of a fonds commun de placement dans l'innovation if, over a period of three years, each of the fonds communs de placement dans…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-6

…e average annual expense ratio actually recorded, presented line by line for each financial year since the financial year in which the subscription referred to in Article D. 214-80 took place; c) The…

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