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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I A: Observatory of prices, margins and incomes in overseas France

Article L910-1 D

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article D223-6-1

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 223-9, the amount of the value that no contribution in kind may exceed is set at 30,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article D225-104-2

The employee headcount threshold provided for in 4° of Article L. 225-115 is assessed on the closing date of the last financial year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article D23-10-3

The employee shall inform the head of the company as soon as possible and by any means when he is assisted in accordance with articles L. 23-10-2 and L. 23-10-8. The person assisting the employee is b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-2

May be authorised to take part in undercover operations as defined by Article 706-81 of the Code of Criminal Procedure officers or agents of the criminal investigation departments of the national poli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2b: Communication permits

Article D32-1-2

The application for a permit to communicate made to the investigating judge by the lawyer appointed by the person under investigation who is detained pursuant to Article 115, including in application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-5

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in l'article 706-96 sont :the national directorate of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-25

When the public prosecutor, examining magistrate or president of the court hearing the proceedings is contacted by the judicial authority of a Member State in which criminal proceedings are in progres…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified criminal order procedure

Article D45-2-10

When the public prosecutor's delegate notifies a misdemeanour criminal order in application of the second paragraph of article 495-3, he may receive payment of the criminal fines pronounced using an e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Exercise of jurisdiction by the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-39

For the purposes of Article 696-135, the Public Prosecutor responsible for deciding whether investigations will be continued by the Public Prosecutor who has refused to relinquish jurisdiction or by t…

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