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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Administrative penalties

Article R6241-1

…s and the corrective measures adopted or envisaged. The person concerned has access to the file and may be assisted by counsel or represented by an agent of their choice.II. - At the end of the period…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41

…acts are to be carried out in a jurisdiction other than that of the tribunal de grande instance, he may ask the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to carry them out or to have them carrie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

…ares has been suspended and which is unable to publish a net asset value, the insurance undertaking may: 1° Propose to the policyholder or beneficiary that he/she pay out surrenders, lump-sum benefits…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-1

…offeror or the person seeking admission to trading on a regulated market.No civil liability action may be brought solely on the basis of the summary, including any translation thereof, unless its con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…roceedings. The chairman of the panel of the supervisory board or the resolution board, as the case may be, that has decided to initiate sanction proceedings notifies the persons concerned of the obje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8

…ncy proceedings within the meaning of Article 3(1), (2) or (4) of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings, the court with jurisdiction to hear the appeal against the decis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article D1524-7

…nting and detecting breaches of probity implemented by the company as part of the article 17 of Act no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-21

The owner may also defer the renewal of the lease for a maximum of three years if he proposes to raise the building and if this raising makes it necessary to temporarily evict the tenant. In this case…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-4

…and in the absence of the determination of his powers by the Articles of Association, the manager may perform all acts of management in the interest of the company. In the event of more than one man…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-41

…en in the absence of fraud, the consequences, prejudicial to the company, of disapproved agreements may be charged to the interested party and, possibly, to the other members of the Board of Directors…

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