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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-2

…t of a commission whose composition and operation are determined by decree in the Council of State, may be authorised to carry out judicial investigations at the request of the public prosecutor or on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-1

I. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may appoint a provisional administrator for a person referred to in Article L. 543-1, to whom all powers of administration, management and representation of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…red to interns or residents, or if it has not been chosen, the director of the health establishment may, on the proposal of the head of the department or, failing this, the head of the service, of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Livret de développement durable et solidaire (sustainable and socially responsible development passbook)

Article L221-27

…accordance with article L. 221-5.Deposits made into a Livret de Développement Durable et Solidaire may not exceed a ceiling set by regulation.Only one passbook may be opened per taxpayer, or one pass…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Vaccinations.

Article L3111-11

…lishments and organisations under conditions defined by decree are free of charge.Local authorities may carry out vaccination activities under an agreement with the State. This agreement specifies the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-11

…ard of direct allocations is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-3

…g are treated as periods of presence: 1° Periods of maternity leave provided for in article L. 1225-17 of the French Labour Codeand adoption leave provided for in article L. 1225-37 of the same code;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-10

…ged for the continuation of the business.The persons who will implement the plan, even as partners, may not have burdens imposed on them other than the commitments they entered into during its prepara…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Administrative composition

Article L621-14-1

…II of the same Article L. 621-15, and with the professional obligations mentioned in Article L. 621-17, the AMF Board may, at the same time as it notifies the parties of the objections under the condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-14

…the light of the opinion issued by the college and the heads of loss specified in this opinion, he may submit a request to the Office for the purpose of obtaining compensation from it, under the term…

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