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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-7

…cessful candidates in alphabetical order. When they benefit from the provisions of article R. 4111-38, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph sit the knowledge verification tests at the first…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-7

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-1

…e of the European Union shall send to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of Article L. 228-2 the information necessary to enable shareholders or their proxies to exercise the rights derivin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-85

…the decision authorising the infiltration and in the absence of an extension, the undercover agent may continue the activities mentioned in Article 706-82, without being criminally liable, for the ti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-7

The vehicles referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 211-21-1 used by the State must be equipped with a specific insurance certificate, the characteristics of which are set by the Minister f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-84

…f these officers or judicial police agents is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000. When this revelation has caused violence, assault and battery against these persons or their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-7

…is unlawful due to non-compliance with the time limits or formalities provided for in this Code, it may, in the same decision, place the person under judicial supervision if this measure is essential…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-7

I.-Statutory auditors registered on the list referred to in I of Article L. 822-1 are required to declare to the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes before 31 March each year the total amount of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-8

…rty by any means, by ordinary letter or by registered letter without acknowledgement of receipt, it may be sent to the party by electronic means on the Ministry of Justice's "Portal for litigants", pr…

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