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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-73

The liquidator is appointed in accordance with the Articles of Association, except in the two cases provided for in Article R. 743-72, and in the cases provided for in Article R. 743-74. Failing this,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-1

For the application of the provisions of 1° of Article D. 48-2, the sentence enforcement judge shall indicate to the public prosecutor, in consultation with the director of the prison integration and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article D518-49

Caisse des dépôts et consignations submits the accounts provided for in Article L. 518-24-1 at least once a year in accordance with the regulatory deadlines for producing the account of the principal'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-14

In order to implement the simplified due diligence measures provided for in Article L. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall collect information justifying that the customer, service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-1

The request for authorisation to dismiss a trade union delegate, a mandated employee, a member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee or an employee adviser is sent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

In order to implement the powers of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee in the field of health, safety and working conditions, the members of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee or, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-44

After evaluating the information reported to him/her, the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine analyses the appropriateness of the corrective measures put in place. If the latter appear to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Storage of embryonic stem cells

Article R2151-22

The declaration of embryonic stem cell storage provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 2151-9 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means enabling rece…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-12

The movable and immovable property allocated to the public mental health services and necessary for their activities are, where they belong to the State or the départements, made available free of cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-39

I.-Under the written procedure without a hearing provided for in III of Article L. 3211-12-2, the liberty and custody judge shall rule on applications to maintain or release the measure before the exp…

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