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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-13

The Shareholders' Meeting shall draw up its rules of procedure within one month of its election. These rules shall lay down the procedures for its operation which are not provided for in this chapter.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 321-11 AND A. 321-13)

Article Annexe 3-4

…Deontology and discipline. Professional civil liability. Economics and accounting:The operation of markets:the delimitation of the relevant market;the supply function;the demand function;the equilibr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-81

…e finished product and, if necessary, of the bulk product for inspection before it is placed on the market. At the request of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'al…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R433-3

The evicted person may apply to the enforcement judge to contest the absence of a market value for the property retained by the bailiff in the inventory. The application must be made, on pain of inadm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L421-1

…tative established in the European Union, the importer of the product;c) Other professionals in the marketing chain, insofar as their activities may affect the safety characteristics of a product;2° D…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-32

…of the European Community or, failing this, any person responsible for placing the equipment on the market ensures and declares, under his responsibility, that the PPE-SL complies with the essential h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-5

…16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe.

Article R214-177

…known as a SICAF, whose shares are admitted to trading on a French or foreign financial instruments market operated by a market undertaking, an investment services provider other than a portfolio mana…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Specific reception and support arrangements

Article R5132-1-11

…oring and support of persons declared eligible and to promote their subsequent access to the labour market. These agreements set out: 1° The procedures for putting applicants in touch with the employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-94

…ychotropic substance or medicinal product containing it: 1° The quantities acquired on the national market ; 2° Quantities imported ; 3° Quantities sold on the national market; 4° Quantities exported;…

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