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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-6

The report on the identification of list C materials and products containing asbestos provided for in article R. 1334-22 is sent to any natural or legal person required to organise or carry out demoli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-29

Notwithstanding article R. 6153-1-28, the terms of application of articles R. 6153-1-22 to D. 6153-1-27 are specified by order of the ministers responsible for health, the economy and the civil servic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-1

Shares with a par value less than or equal to an amount set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and not admitted to trading on a regulated market may be consolidated notwithstanding any legislative or sta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-22

…y also benefits from the special financial resources available to the Corsican region under the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences et de ce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-2

The board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and the persons referred to in Article L. 532-2(4) must devote sufficient time to carrying o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-29

The thresholds provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-36, assessed on the closing date of the financial year, are set at 20 million euros for the balance sheet total, 40 million euros…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-4

When the investigating chamber or the trial court that pronounces a decision that a person is not criminally responsible orders, in accordance with Article 706-135 of this Code, the compulsory hospita…

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

Article R2113-22

…000 inhabitants under the conditions referred to in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010de réforme des collectivités territoriales.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare.

Article R331-22

Organisers of a meeting subject to declaration must submit a declaration to the competent local prefect or the police prefect at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Le Bourget and Paris-Orly aerodromes no…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-22

The rapporteur presents his report orally at the hearing. The party concerned and his counsel are invited to speak last. The proceedings are not public unless the person concerned or his counsel reque…

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