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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-21

…hall proceed with the execution of the freezing order, under the conditions provided for in article 695-9-13.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-24

The person concerned by the freezing order may also enquire, at the registry of the investigating judge, about the avenues of appeal against the freezing order available in the issuing State and menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI bis: Protection of persons benefiting from exemptions or reductions in penalties for having prevented the commission of offences, for having stopped or mitigated the damage caused by an offence, or for having identified the perpetrators or accomplices of offences

Article 706-63-2

…r at the request of persons using an assumed identity pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 706-63-1, order them to be held in camera or to appear under conditions that preserve the anonymity of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3a: Provisions relating to electronic communication using the application referred to in Article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice

Article R532-28-6

The Court may, by means of the application mentioned in Article R. 532-28-1, send to agents not yet registered in this application all the communications and notifications provided for in this chapter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities

Article L632-6-2

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall provide the competent authorities of other Member States with the information necessary to monitor and respond to the potential consequences of the activities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-2

The duration of the initiative-employment contract may not be less than six months, or three months for people who have been convicted and are benefiting from a modified sentence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-6-2

…inal products who fails to record the data required to monitor them pursuant to 14° of article L. 5121-20 is liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-61-2

This notice shall specify the nature of the meeting and include the items and the text of the draft resolutions that the company intends to include on the agenda of the meeting. The notice shall also…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-2

…tences transferred to a mixed syndicate, is carried out under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-25-1. When the movable and immovable assets have been acquired or realised or when the debt has…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-6

…ent may expose him or her to criminal prosecution, in accordance with the provisions of article 434-26 of the Criminal Code.

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