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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary suspension of right to practise on grounds of infirmity or medical condition

Article R4221-15

…to practise the profession, the temporary suspension of the right to practise is pronounced by the competent regional council or central council for a fixed period, which may, if necessary, be renewe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article L141-2

…ead. This information is mentioned on the decision to refuse entry, placement or transfer or in the report provided for in the first paragraph of article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-4

…f activities relating thereto. This prosecutor keeps the other prosecutors informed of his work and reports to the Public Prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-1

…by the investigators. When the investigation is conducted ex officio, the judicial police officers report to the public prosecutor on its progress when it has been in progress for more than six month…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 69

…c prosecutor of the court to which he is travelling. He must state the reasons for his visit in his report..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-15

Any procedure for redundancy on economic grounds in a company where the social and economic committee has not been set up, even though the company is subject to this obligation and no report of its fa…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R251-8

If no agreement is reached, the agent in charge of the sale draws up a report setting out the difficulties encountered; he or she attaches the documents required to resolve the dispute and immediately…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Allocation

Article R2113-3

…sholds shall give the reasons for this choice: 1° In the consultation documents or the presentation report referred to in article R. 2184-1, when acting as a contracting authority; 2° Among the inform…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-9

The Supervisory Board is responsible for the ongoing supervision of the company's management. To this end, it has the same powers as the statutory auditors.It submits a report to the annual ordinary g…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Admission to trading

Article L425-7

…n organised trading system without the issuer's consent, the issuer is not subject to any financial reporting obligations towards the system operator.

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