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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-25

When the public prosecutor, examining magistrate or president of the court hearing the proceedings is contacted by the judicial authority of a Member State in which criminal proceedings are in progres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-172

…pplicable to the financial instruments concerned. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article L. 214-183, in all cases where all or part of the management or recovery of any asset is not carried ou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-19

I.-With a view to providing the service referred to in Article L. 321-1.2, investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall adopt and apply procedures to ensure that client…

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

Article R917-19

In article R. 713-10 : a) After the words: "to stand for election", the words: "to the college representing activities in the industry, commerce and services sector" are inserted; b) The following sen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial sections

Article R6332-15

I.-The skills operator manages the contributions referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of article L. 6131-1 within the sections dedicated to financing respectively: 1° Work-linked training initiatives; 2° Init…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-15

…of the damage, authority which drew up the official report or the report referred to in article R. 421-3, amount of the claim as regards compensation for damage resulting from personal injury or, fail…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19-1

The health cooperation groupings mentioned in articles L. 1221-10 and L. 6133-1 may be authorised to manage a blood bank.The authorisation for a blood depot is issued by the Director General of the Re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1442-19

For their application to Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, articles R. 1435-1 to R. 1435-7 are amended as follows: 1° Article R. 1435-2 is amended as follows: a) I is replaced by the foll…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-15

…mpany shares under the conditions provided for in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 223-14, such consent shall constitute approval of the transferee in the event of compulsory realisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-15

The issue of bonds by an association entails the application of articles L. 612-1 and L. 612-3 of the French Commercial Code, regardless of the number of its employees, the amount of its turnover or r…

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