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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-24

The expert opinion provided for by article 706-115 may be entrusted to an expert psychiatrist or to a doctor on the list provided for by article 431 of the Civil Code. In both cases, the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guidance and Supervisory Board

Article R514-24

…nce and Supervisory Board must not have been convicted of any offence entailing electoral disqualification or incapacity. If a member is disqualified or disqualified from standing for election during…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24

…Doping Agency, the competent international federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency and, where applicable, the national anti-doping organisation of the country where the person concerned resides, of w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…entertainment establishments under the scheme provided for in articles 19-1 and 19-2 of decree no. 98-750 of 24 August 1998 relating to financial support for the showing of certain cinematographic wor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-24

…made, and the number assigned to it. The declaration of priority must be made when the patent application is filed or within sixteen months of the earliest priority date claimed. The declaration of p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-24

…ring a compulsory liquidation, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Articles R. 631-3 or R. 631-4. Th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Marine, river and lake liability insurance

Article L173-24

…fund has been set up, creditors whose rights are subject to limitation under the terms of articles 58 to 60 of law no. 67-5 of 3 January 1967 on the status of ships and other sea-going vessels have no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Subrogation of obligations

Article 248 C

The bonds of the caisse nationale de l'industrie and the caisse nationale des banques allocated to the holders of shares transferred to the State are automatically subrogated to these shares in all ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-24

I.-The allowance mentioned in article L. 5131-6 cannot be combined with the active solidarity income mentioned in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-24

…rom a third party does not exempt insurance and reinsurance undertakings from the requirements applicable to the internal model referred to in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. The detailed rules for t…

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