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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-8

…for the conservation of the debtor's rights and the preservation of his assets are the subject of a report submitted to the judge assigned, a copy of which is sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article D2213-1-1-2

Students in the third cycle of medical studies who have completed two semesters in the speciality they are pursuing are authorised to draw up death certificates as part of their postgraduate training…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Companies authorised to grant certain guarantees

Article R518-66

The Committee monitors compliance with the conditions for authorisation set out in Article R. 518-65. To this end, it receives the annual activity reports of approved companies.The Committee may inter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-12

The supervisory board shall set up an audit committee responsible, in particular, for issuing an opinion, prior to their adoption, on draft budgets and reports on budget implementation.The internal re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Arbitration procedure

Article R2524-17

The rapporteur reads his report at the hearing. Before the Government commissioner delivers his conclusions, the president may authorise either the parties or the lawyers at the Conseil d'Etat and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Storage of embryonic stem cells

Article R2151-23

…The Director General of the Agency may at any time ask the person responsible for conservation to report on the declared activity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-10

…one or more of the diseases listed in articles D. 3113-8 and D. 3113-9 shall not give rise to the reports provided for in these articles.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-117

…convene the partners or their successors within three months of the end of each financial year and report to them on his management of the company's affairs. He shall also convene them at the end of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe V

…therwise indicated, for the financial year or at 31 December of the financial year concerned by the report and for the entire territory for which the local authority organising the service provides th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-13

Each year, the sports agents' commission communicates to the Minister for Sport the list of sports agents holding a sports agent's licence in the discipline for which it is responsible, indicating tho…

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