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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R613-1-A

…aragraph of Article R. 613-3-3 to: 1° reach the joint decisions referred to in II of Article L. 613-20-4 and in Article L. 613-21-3 ; 2° In the absence of a joint decision, refer the matter to the Eur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R641-39

…year from that of the judgment adopting the plan for the sale of the business. Any interested party may consult it. The Registrar shall cause an insertion to be published in the Bulletin officiel des…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 78

…ice officer for the purposes of an investigation are obliged to appear. The judicial police officer may, with the prior authorisation of the public prosecutor, compel the appearance by force of law of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-14

If the policyholders' guarantee fund intervenes under the conditions provided for in article L. 423-3, it shall first use its available resources, before calling, as necessary, on the guarantee fund r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-5

…the number and width of which are as follows: WORKFORCENUMBERof exitsWIDTHtotal cumulatedLess than 20 people10,80 m20 to 100 people11,50 m101 to 300 people22 m301 to 500 people22,5 m Over the first f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-38-1

The tutor mentioned in articles R. 212-10-19 and R. 212-10-20 has the qualifications required by the decree for the diploma for which accreditation is requested. His duties are those defined in articl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-87

…under the same terms and conditions as those provided for in articles 916-26 to 916-33.However, the 20% reduction provided for in the ninth paragraph of article 916-28 and the deadline provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-3

…out benefits from the adaptation of the conditions for compensation provided for in article L. 5424-20.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-19

Subject to the provisions of article R. 724-20, the presidents, vice-presidents, chamber presidents and judges of the commercial courts who have exercised these functions for at least fourteen years a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-11

…tside the municipal territory must provide the municipal commission provided for in article L. 2511-20 the information indicated in articles R. 2511-8 and R. 2511-9, under the same conditions.

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