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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-66

The notice of meeting shall include the company name, possibly followed by its acronym, the form of the company, the amount of share capital, the address of the registered office, the information prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity

Article R1321-6

The request provided for in Article L. 1322-1-1 shall mention the provision(s) on which the Labour Inspector's assessment is sought. It shall be accompanied by the text of the internal regulations and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-6

The statutory auditor competent pursuant to 3° of article L. 2152-1 or 3° of article L. 2152-4 shall certify in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 2 and 3 of this chapter: 1°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 5: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L385-6

I. - Supplementary occupational pension funds shall regularly transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution the information necessary for the exercise of its supervision, including…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-16

Where the International Criminal Court so requests, the enforcement of fines and confiscation sentences or decisions concerning reparations handed down by the International Criminal Court shall be aut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-43

Where, in specific cases and in particular if, following an appeal in cassation, the final decision on the execution of the European arrest warrant cannot be given by the competent judicial authoritie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-21

I.-Where the Public Prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not, without the consent of the executing Member State, be sur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-3

The acts which may give rise to extradition, whether it is a question of requesting it or granting it, are as follows: 1° All acts punishable by criminal penalties under the law of the requesting Stat…

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

Article 696-25

Except where the provisions of this Title relating to the European arrest warrant apply, where a request for provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Conve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-122

However, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor is competent to order the following measures, ex officio or at the request of the person under investigation:

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