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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The expert's opinion.

Article 282

…ment if the case is immediately decided at last instance.In all other cases, the expert must file a report with the court registry. Only one report shall be drawn up, even if there are several experts…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1-1

The Agence de la biomédecine draws up an annual activity report which is made public and which it sends to Parliament, which refers it to the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-89

…les L. 225-115 and R. 225-83. However, he shall only be entitled to inspect the statutory auditors' report at the same locations during the same fifteen-day period. He also has the right, from the dat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D351-1

…the General Local Authorities Code. In addition to the plenary session, the Corsican sites council comprises five panels. It is responsible for : 1° In its "nature, landscapes and sites" section, exe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article A424-1

I. - The Commission of the National Centre for the Development of Sport in French Polynesia comprises on an equal basis: 1° In addition to the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia, te…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R3

The commission provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whose assent is required for the appointment of members of the national gendarmerie and civil servants from the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-4

…b) In the columns, the following information i) Description of the aggregate category of fees and commissions ; ii) Description of the type of fees and commissions charged; iii) Rules for capping fe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

Article 67-0 quater

In the event of the commission of a flagrant offence punishable by a prison sentence other than those provided for in this Code, customs officers may arrest the alleged offender with a view to handing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161-2

…d provided for in Article 161 exceeds one year, the investigating judge may request that a progress report be filed beforehand, which shall be notified to the parties in accordance with the procedures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties.

Article L1324-2

…and II of this Title and of the regulations adopted for their application are recorded in official reports, which are valid until proven otherwise.Official reports are drawn up in duplicate, one copy…

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