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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-4

The Eurojust Agency, a body of the European Union with legal personality acting as a college or through the national member, shall be responsible for promoting and improving coordination and cooperati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-4

…esult of the inadequacy of the amount of cover stipulated in the contract, part of the compensation due to the victim or his rightful claimants for the aforementioned losses remains payable by the per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-4

…L. 225-231, or to refuse them on-site access to all documents required for the performance of their duties and, in particular, to all contracts, books, accounting documents and minute books.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Procedure applicable to economic and financial offences

Article D47-4

People who hold a national diploma attesting to training of a duration at least equal to four years of higher education after the baccalaureate, who meet the conditions for access to the civil service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Territorial professional health communities

Article D1434-44

…ed in such a way as to compensate for the loss of income suffered by the members as a result of the duties they perform within the territorial professional healthcare community. The remuneration menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Seasonal or occasional care establishments and services

Article R2324-49

I.-In order to meet fluctuating childcare needs, in particular those linked to the characteristics of the economic activity in the area in which it is located, any childcare establishment or service f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions and commitment of expenditure (R)

Article R4341-4

The products of the regions, regional and interregional public establishments and any public body resulting from an agreement between regions or between regions and any other public authority or publi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R251-4

…R. 251-3, the draft distribution is notifi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-4

The I of Article L. 442-5 is amended as follows:1° The last sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising may be ordered by the examining magis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transporting and receiving the body

Article R1261-4

…fying number is allocated in order to guarantee the confidentiality of the donor's identity for the duration of the medical teaching and research activities. This number is the only means of identifyi…

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