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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-6 bis

…r of acts contrary to honour and probity; 2° Refrains from exercising the delegated powers when the exercise of these powers has a link with: -the court registry at which he works or has worked over t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

…lue of the individual rights guaranteed by the agreement on the date of liquidation. If a surrender option is available, the member receives, when he requests the settlement of his rights, information…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3131-2

…vants' grade, affiliation or disaffiliation to management centres as well as agreements relating to optional additional missions entrusted to management centres.2° Regulatory and individual decisions…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-27

Exercising the right of withdrawal terminates the parties' obligation either to perform the distance or off-premises contract or to conclude it where the consumer has made an offer. Exercising the rig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-3-1

…records them in the balance sheet mentioned in the same article L. 1614-3. When they concern powers exercised by the regions or departments, changes in these costs are recorded for each local authorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-253

Any clause in the Articles of Association which has the effect of making the exercise of corporate action subject to the prior opinion or authorisation of the General Meeting, or which entails in adva…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-2

…on policy is subject, at least once a year, to a central and independent internal assessment in the exercise of supervisory functions. In the branches of third-country undertakings referred to in Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-10

The rights and assets acquired by the security agent in the exercise of his mission may only be seized by the holders of claims arising from their safekeeping or management, subject to the exercise of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article 904

…size court, the first president of the court of appeal and the judge of the judicial court shall be exercised respectively by the court of first instance, the criminal court, the president of the supe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-38

…size courts, the powers recognised in this chapter to the investigating judge or his clerk shall be exercised by the president of the investigating chamber or the clerk of that chamber. Those recognis…

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