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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-6

For the application of the provisions of Article 64-1 relating to the audiovisual recording of the questioning of a person held in police custody for a crime, account shall be taken of the nature of t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-10

The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars is made up of members elected by the commercial court registrars.In each court of appeal, the commercial court registrars elect a member of the Nati…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-11

Each elector votes using a ballot paper that he or she drafts himself or herself. They may also use one of the printed ballot papers sent by certain candidates following the opinion of the committee p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-3

The trainee writes an internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-16

…12-15 take an examination to test their knowledge, organised by the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, before the panel responsible for the examination fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R814-166

Each société de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires is subject, at least once every three years, to an audit covering compli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Interministerial Committee for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behaviour

Article D3411-12

…Prime Minister, the committee comprises : 1° The Minister of Foreign Affairs ; 2° The Minister for European Affairs; 3° The Minister for Social Affairs; 4° The Minister for Agriculture; 5° The Minist…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-13

Unless the provisions of article R. 4234-3 are applied, the complaint or application and the attached documents are communicated in their entirety to the parties in copy form. Where the volume, number…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

Shares are freely transferable by inheritance or in the event of the liquidation of community property between spouses and freely transferable between spouses and between ascendants and descendants. H…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-3

In the event of the sale of property rights in the main residence, the price obtained remains exempt from seizure, provided that the sums are reinvested within one year in the acquisition by the perso…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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