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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-9

…Article R. 213-6 for the implementation of the measures set out in the conciliation report or on expiry of a period of one month from notification of the injunction, if the measures in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-ministerial cooperation and exchanges of information relating to the fight against trafficking in doping substances or methods

Article D232-103

The communication of information between the officials mentioned in article L. 232-20 relates in particular to :- the calendar of competitions or sporting events ;- statistics on analyses carried out…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-127

…training. Candidates are judged on the design, organisation and running of these courses and on the report they produce. The final overall mark is awarded on the basis of the general report drawn up b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Social alert rights

Article L2312-71

When the Social and Economic Committee becomes aware of facts likely to characterise an abusive use of fixed-term employment contracts, contracts concluded with a freelance administration company and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-40

…nal model and any changes made to it, analysing the performance of this model and producing summary reports on this analysis. The purpose of the risk management function is, in particular, to inform t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-3

…ies are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall make public the information required by the report referred to in the last paragraph of Articles L. 225-37 and L. 225-68 of the Commercial Code…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-17

…event of the issue of preference shares under the conditions provided for in article L. 228-12, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall indicate the characteristics of the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-24

…violate the applicant's dignity, the judge may: 1° Visit the place of detention; 2° Order an expert report entrusted to an expert registered on the lists of judicial experts or who has taken an oath i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to apprenticeships

Article L6522-3

…of article L. 6211-3 is worded as follows: "II - The amount of operating and investment expenditure committed and mandated as mentioned in I of this article, as well as a detailed statement of their a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-7

…than 230,000 euros at the close of a financial year shall publish their accounts and the auditor's report on the website of the Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information. To this end, withi…

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