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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The adversarial process during the preliminary investigation

Article D15-6-3

…to the procedure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt provided for in articles 495-7 to 495-13. IV.-The observations made pursuant to Article 77-2 and the information sent back by the Public P…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-35

…Code and is being wound up out of court under the conditions defined in articles L. 237-1 to L. 237-13 of the Commercial Code or a capital reduction followed by a capital increase under the conditions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-1-1 (TO ARTICLES A. 811-25 and A. 812-24)

Article Annexe 8-1-1

…ditors mentioned in Article L. 622-24 and payments of the claims referred to in I of Article L. 641-13; - establishment of a statement of distribution in simplified judicial liquidation; - distributio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…nt of a pharmacovigilance system master file, in accordance with Article 77 of the same Regulation; 13° The obligation for the marketing authorisation or registration holder to produce, at the request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-14

…or's opinion of the failure of the legal representative to provide the requested written statements 13. Where the legal representative refuses to provide or confirm one or more of the written statemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18

…y auditor shall ensure that relevant information is given in the notes to the financial statements. 13. If this is the case, and pursuant to the provisions of article R. 823-7 of the French Commercial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

The judicial police officers and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: FIA

Article L214-24

…anages and calculated in accordance with Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012, is below the thresholds mentioned in IV of Article L. 532-9, these AIFs do n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-2

I.-The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, following the opinion of a committee comprising, in particular, delegates from the national co…

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