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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation boards.

Article L2522-7

The national or regional conciliation commissions include representatives of employers' and employees' organisations in equal numbers, as well as representatives of the public authorities, whose numbe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mediation

Article L316-1

…the Consumer Code with a view to resolving a dispute between them and a credit institution, finance company, electronic money institution, payment institution or account information service provider r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-32

…public prosecutor, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assisted by a committee of three members appointed under the same conditions.The authorities managing the processi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Secure surveillance and secure detention

Article R53-8-46

…will arrange for medical expertise and refer the matter to the multidisciplinary security measures committee. If the expert report finds that the person continues to be dangerous and if the commissio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-6

The report referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 612-5 contains: 1° A list of the agreements subject to approval by the decision-making body or attached to the documents sent to members in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-48

I. - The rapporteur shall present his report at the meeting. The Director General of the Treasury and, where applicable, the Director of Social Security or their representatives may submit observation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Collective investment management companies

Article L543-1

Collective investment management companies are portfolio management companies, legal entities that manage the AIFs mentioned in 3° of III of Article L. 214-24, managers of European venture capital fun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R1221-25

…fines the guidelines, leads and coordinates the actions of the various parties involved and ensures compliance with the monitoring procedures organised by this section. Where necessary, it shall take…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-20

…met: a) The information is exchanged only between persons in the same group who are subject to the reporting obligation laid down in Article L. 561-15 ; b) The information disclosed is necessary for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2412-1

…real balance in the operating and investment sections.The draft budget is drawn up by the syndicate commission and submitted to the municipal council for adoption. The municipal council may adopt amen…

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