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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-53

The national platform for judicial interception is placed under the control of a qualified personality, appointed for a non-renewable period of five years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-36

A commission is set up to issue proposals for exemption from the training period provided for in article R. 742-35; it is composed as follows:1° Three commercial court clerks appointed on the proposal…

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

Article R743-101

I. - Where one of the members requests his withdrawal from the company by transferring all of his corporate shares, this shall be done in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 743-44, R. 743-9…

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

Article R743-126

If the company does not approve the proposed transferee, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions ofarticles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24.If the acquirer is a third party to the company, the prov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-9

…mined in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 31 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 2° Inflation, including that affecting expenses and claims; 3° Al…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

The harvest, production and stock declarations provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-5

…s shall issue the authorisation provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, management and other aspects of the auctioning o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-4

…vity, excluding collective investments and financial undertakings within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

…Nutrivigilance is carried out on : 1° Novel foods within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55-1

…medicinal products and forming the subject of the dossier referred to in Article 87 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal…

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