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

Article R561-38-8

…7° of Article L. 561-2, financial investment advisers and providers of participative financing services mentioned in 6° of Article L. 561-2, the system defined in Article R. 561-38-3 shall include at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-7

When the bulletin sent by the criminal records office to the competent administrative authority is marked nil, it is given or sent by the authority to the manager of the legal entity. In the opposite…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D112-7

…in belonging to the State, local authorities, public establishments or private bodies, which are placed at its disposal by means of open-ended deposits or which it acquires for valuable consideration…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 750-1

…16, on pain of inadmissibility, which the judge may declare ex officio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option, by an attempt at conciliation conducted by a court conciliator, an at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-7

…mmittee of experts shall interview the donor and ensure that he has assessed the risks and consequences of the removal. It makes its decision under the conditions set out in articles R. 1231-8 and R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article R626-7

…oposals for the settlement of debts are communicated by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by the mandataire judiciaire, to each creditor consulted who has declared his claim. II.-The…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical provisions for other insurance operations

Article R343-7

The technical provisions corresponding to other insurance operations are as follows: 1° Mathematical provision for annuities: present value of the company's commitments in respect of annuities and ann…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 7

…R. 142-54 AND R. 142-56 PERSONAL DATA AND INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE RECORDED IN THE AUTOMATED DNA PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE L. 425-1 or the beneficiary of temporary protection under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article R2333-82-4

…s all or part of the organisation of the event to a third party holding an entertainment business licence and finances the corresponding share. An agreement concluded with the third party determines,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris ass…

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