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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L742-4

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the except…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Health of prisoners

Article D401

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 216-22 du code pénitentiaire, les mères en détention ayant gardé leur enfant auprès de elles et qui sont des personnes prévenus ne peuvent être tran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-9

…date. Each composition is examined by two markers.Each of the eligibility tests is marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is weighted by the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test.Admissibility is d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-9

…date. Each composition is examined by two markers.Each of the eligibility tests is marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is weighted by the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test.Admissibility is d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Amounts paid by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article 125 ter

…es sommes versées par la Caisse des dépôts et consignations en application du V de l'article L. 312-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code having the character of income from transferable capital menti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-1

…s, subject to the necessary adaptations, the conditions of application of Articles L. 571-4, L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-20-2 to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group and its managers. It takes into…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-106

…e requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-5

The subscription form is dated and signed by the subscriber or his authorised representative, who writes in full the number of shares subscribed. A copy on plain paper is given to the subscriber. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-2

When a victim is about to lodge a complaint online, he or she must be informed, by information appearing legibly on the site's home screens: 1° That lodging a complaint online is only an option and th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75

…al police officers and, under their supervision, the judicial police officers designated in Article 20 carry out preliminary investigations either on the instructions of the public prosecutor or of th…

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