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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-30

For the application of 2° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable for the contribution must declare each year, at the end of the twelve-month period following publication of the visa, the amount o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Civil liability

Article A822-30

…as part of a company, shall take out such a contract under the conditions set out in Article R. 822-36.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-30

…ct. In these establishments and worksites, the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs may, during their visits, request communication of the documents mentioned in article L. 4711-1. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-30

The penalties referred to in 1° and 2° of article R. 6153-29 are imposed by the director general of the university hospital centre to which the intern belongs, after consultation with the practitioner…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions.

Article D6431-30

The chairmen of the Medical Commission and the Agency Committee may, on their own initiative or that of the full members of these bodies, ask to hear experts on a point on the agenda. Experts do not h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

If the person claimed lodges, within the legal time limit, an appeal in cassation against the decision of the Investigating Chamber granting his extradition, the President of the Criminal Division of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-304

…tional Register of Companies, through the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, to remove this entry..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-309

…ts from the keeper of the National Business Register, via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, for the entry in the file of the company concerned, for each activity falling within the trades…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article R773-30

…of article R. 547-1 are applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article R774-30

…article R. 547-1 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022.

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