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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIVc: Victim support office

Article 706-15-4

A victim support office shall be set up in each judicial court, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-15

For the purposes of Article D. 214-32-7-14:1° The term "distribution" includes in particular the payment of dividends and interest on shares;2° The provisions relating to capital reductions do not app…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-21

Applications for support must be submitted between six and eight weeks before the date scheduled for each of the two annual sessions of the Audiovisual Promotion Support Committee.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713

A confiscation order is a final penalty or measure ordered by a court in a Member State of the European Union, referred to as the issuing State, following proceedings in respect of one or more crimina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article D*752-25

Article D*. 351-4 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by decree no. 2005-1006 of 2 August 2005.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L743-15

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

…ay be made to the investigating judge when registration has been made on the basis of 5° of Article 706-53-2. The request for deletion is inadmissible as long as the entries concerned relate to legal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-75

…s of the supervisory board are allocated in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-76.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-70

The legal action referred to in article L. 823-7 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-44.

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