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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Referral procedure and decisions to assign convicted prisoners

Article D77

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 211-12 du code pénitentiaire, le ministère public près la juridiction qui a prononcé une condamnation à une peine privative de liberté adresse une c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-2

To obtain the authorisation referred to in I ofArticle L. 531-6, the applicant shall send the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution its application together with a file containing the infor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-20

In the third paragraph of Article R. 713-12, the words "the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for overseeing chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words "the Minister o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

I. - (Repealed) II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of persons whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the college and compensation offer

Article R1142-63-30

I. -In its opinion provided for in article L. 1142-24-12, the College shall rule on whether the damage is attributable to the prescription of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pregnanc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-10

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may use a simplified calculation for a specific risk sub-module or module where this is justified by the nature, scale and complexity of the risks they face and…

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

Article D441-22

I. - For rights in the course of constitution of operations whose benefits are linked to the cessation of professional activity, the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article A37-23

The front and back of sheet no. 1 of the bundle contain a reminder of the laws and regulations applicable to the offences mentioned in Article A. 37-21. The fronts of leaflets nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 contai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-27

I.-Any person actively soliciting mandates within the meaning of Article L. 22-10-41 shall publish a regularly updated document entitled "voting policy" on its website. This document may also be consu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

The liberty and custody judge rules by means of a reasoned order. When he orders or extends pre-trial detention or rejects an application for release, the order must include a statement of the legal a…

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