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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-19-1

The written test of the examination with option in civil matters, lasting five hours, has as its object the processing of a file relating to one of the missions likely to be entrusted to a judicial ad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-1

I.-The declarations mentioned in I and II of article L. 225-102-1 present the data observed during the financial year just ended and, where applicable, during the previous financial year, so as to ena…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article R5521-1

…5125-5, Articles R. 5125-7, R. 5125-8 with the exception of the second and last paragraphs, R. 5125-9, R. 5125-10, R. 5125-11 with the exception of the second paragraph and R. 5125-12, are applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-1

…6; 6° For any person engaged in the activity of banking or financial canvassing as defined in 8° or 9° of Article L. 341-1, receiving orders or funds from the persons canvassed with a view to providin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

…ticles R. 131-32, R. 131-33 and, where applicable, those mentioned in articles R. 331-7 and R. 331-19 ; 7° Where applicable, the agreement linking the federation to its territorial or national bodies…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116-1

In criminal matters, questioning of accused persons carried out in the chambers of the investigating judge, including questioning at first appearance and confrontations, shall be subject to audiovisua…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1200-1

Educational assistance measures are renewed, in accordance with the third paragraph of article 375 of the Civil Code by the children's judge under the conditions set out in this section. In the event…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-17

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial cou…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in France

Article A212-182-1

…the declarant has not been convicted of a crime or one of the offences mentioned in article L. 212-9 by requesting an extract from the criminal record (bulletin no. 2) dated less than three months fr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider

Article L722-10

I.- By way of derogation from Article L. 722-9, transfers of funds for which the payment service providers involved in the payment chain are established in mainland France, in local authorities govern…

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