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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-14

After obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor, the assigned judge files his report with the court registry no later than three days before the hearing. However, where an application is made to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-10

When a programme of new housing or a housing development is located within the territorial jurisdiction of several arrondissement councils, the allocation of housing between the arrondissements or gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediaries and persons making public offerings authorised to maintain custody accounts for financial instruments.

Article R542-1

To obtain the authorisation as custodian referred to in Article L. 542-1, applicants must submit their application to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The application for authoris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-4

For the assessment of the thresholds mentioned in article L. 2315-57 and in sub-section 9 of section 3 of chapter V of title I of book III of the second part of the present code, the resources for a g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Authorisation for cross-border movement of embryos

Article R2141-14

The authorisation to move embryos referred to in Article L. 2141-9 is issued by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine to a medical biology establishment, body or laboratory authorised t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-10

Each technical working group is responsible, within the limits set by the strategic steering committee, for fulfilling the tasks assigned by the latter in application of 9° of article A. 123-7. In thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2-4

When practising within the framework of an in-house pharmacy, the medical electroradiology manipulator is authorised, under the technical authority of a pharmacist, to assist in carrying out :1° The a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of discretion, secrecy and confidentiality

Article R8124-22

Subject to the duty of professional discretion, employees of the labour inspection system shall refrain from disclosing to anyone who does not have the right to know any information of which they beco…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 326-20, the effects of a reorganisation measure defined in article L. 323-8 or of winding-up proceedings on the contracts and rights listed below are deter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

An investment holding company is a financial institution the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly investment firms or financial institutions, at least one of which is an investment firm whi…

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