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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Director.

Article R1142-52

…ll acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of article R. 1142-46. It prepares and implements the decisions of the Board of Directors, to which it reports on it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Bailiffs

Article R444-54

The right of retention provided for in Article R. 444-15 shall not apply to bailiffs in the cases provided for in c of 3° and 4° of Article

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Draws of lots.

Article R*150-4

In the event of a draw, the sums repaid must be either equal to or increase with each successive draw, without exceeding the capital repayable at maturity. Draws may not be made more than once a month…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 588

Third-party proceedings incidental to a dispute before a court shall be decided by that court if it is of a higher grade than the court that gave the judgment or if, being of equal grade, there is no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 537

Contraventions are proven either by minutes or reports, or by witnesses in the absence of reports and minutes, or in support of them. Except in cases where the law provides otherwise, minutes or repor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article R1424-51

…volunteer firefighter during duty time, except in the cases provided for by loi n° 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 relative au développement du volontariat dans les corps de sapeurs-pompiers.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-5

The transactions referred to in article R. 441-4 are carried out pursuant to agreements which must specify the operating procedures of the scheme, including in the cases of conversion provided for in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Electronic auctions

Article R2162-59

…l be made available to tenderers during the auction and the time at which it will be made available;4° Relevant information concerning the conduct of the auction, in particular the conditions under wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-43

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. Articles L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 563

In all cases, the bailiff must mention on the original of the writ, and in the form of a report, his diligence as well as the responses that have been made to his various interpellations.The public pr…

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