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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police, the following are competent to record by official report the offences provided for by the decree mentioned in Article L. 123-31: 1° The deput…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-9

…ast paragraph of article L. 321-1.The amount and use of these sums are the subject, each year, of a report by the collective management organisations to the minister responsible for culture.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 513-1

The person responsible for verifying and approving the accounts may make use of the right of communication provided for in the second paragraph of article 510, without being able to be opposed to prof…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 169

…rial court, a person heard as a witness or for information contradicts the conclusions of an expert report or provides new information from a technical point of view, the president asks the experts, t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 462

The Committee draws up an annual report for the Government and Parliament, which will be published, on the conditions under which transactions falling within the remit of the decentralised departments…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-9

…erson mentioned in article L. 1453-4, on the basis of the offence defined in article L. 1454-7, are reported, as soon as they are closed, to the competent administrative authority or to the profession…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-4

…nancial year, the Board of Directors or, where applicable, the Management Board of mutual insurance companies shall draw up a management report. The provisions of Article L. 322-4-3 of this Code apply…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-13

…inspection services mentioned in article R. 342-8 beforehand. The operator must send the Prefect a report on the inspections and checks carried out and the corresponding certificates.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 5: Special provisions for the seizure of standing crops

Article R221-58

On pain of nullity, the seizure report shall be drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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