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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-9

…mmunicates information from ongoing criminal proceedings to foreign judicial authorities, he or she may subject the use of such information to conditions that he or she determines.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-97

Each partner may, at any time, inspect for himself the documents referred to in Article R. 743-96, as well as all registers and accounting documents required to be kept by the legislative or regulator…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-9

…om the public prosecutor has referred a request for homologation. If the person is not detained, he may be summoned before the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him within a pe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article L3114-9

The concession granting authority may require tenderers:1° To entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General powers

Article L2312-9

…1° Carries out an analysis of the occupational risks to which workers, particularly pregnant women, may be exposed, as well as the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council

Article LO6322-9

…aving been heard or invited to provide written explanations on the facts of which they are accused, may be suspended by reasoned order of the minister responsible for overseas France for a period not…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Common provisions

Article R532-9

…e value of the encumbered assets is clearly greater than the amount of the sums secured, the debtor may have the court limit the effects of the provisional security if he can prove that the value of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-2

Any benefactor may apply to the courts for a review of the conditions and charges attached to the gifts or legacies he or she has received, where, as a result of a change in circumstances, their execu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-96

Mutual insurance companies may provide in their articles of association for the possibility of accepting as reinsurance risks of the same nature as those which are the subject of their direct cover, p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Commissions attached to the National Consumer Institute

Article L822-9

…bring to the attention of the public. The information, notices and recommendations it disseminates may not contain any information that would enable individual situations to be identified.

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