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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-38-1

For the application of this chapter to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, references to the President of the Territorial Council, the territorial authority and the local authority building replace ref…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article D441-3-1

The provisions of Article L. 441-8 do not apply to contracts of sale containing stipulations justifying their classification as financial contracts within the meaning of III of Article L. 211-1 of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-34-1

When the enforcement judge receives a request from the public prosecutor to impose a judicial restraint order or enforce a days' fine, and finds that the convicted offender has paid the fine or days'…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-35-1

When the sentence enforcement judge issues a warrant to bring a person pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 712-17, the provisions of the second paragraph of article 125 and those of article 127…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-37-1

If judicial supervision includes placement under mobile electronic monitoring, the sentence enforcement court or the sentence enforcement judge shall notify the sentenced person, before his release an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-32-1

Each year, before 30 April of the following year, local investment funds send the Autorité des marchés financiers a summary statement of the companies financed, the securities held and the amounts inv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies

Article R123-266

The legal entity must file a certified copy of the following documents in the appendix to the National Register of Companies: 1° The deeds of incorporation of the legal entities referred to in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-2

The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors is three years, with the exception of the term of office of the members mentioned in 2° of article R. 5322-1. For the latter, the term of of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-21

After reminding the holder of the property that he is obliged to inform him whether the property has been subject to a previous seizure and, if so, to provide him with the minutes of such seizure, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23-2

The organisation of on-call duty and urgent medical transport as defined in articles R. 6312-17-1 and R. 6312-18 is monitored every six months by the medical transport sub-committee of the committee r…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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