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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-39

Other than the persons mentioned in I of article L. 225-106, a shareholder may be represented by any other natural person or legal entity of his choice when the company's shares are admitted to tradin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-39

When information held by the services and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 have been transmitted to them by a Member State on the basis of the provisions of Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA, they ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-39-1

The amount of the local development grant mentioned in article L. 2511-38 is calculated and distributed among the arrondissements by the city council or by the Paris council when examining the budget…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-39-1

In order to ensure better organisation of services, in the year following each general renewal of the municipal councils, the president of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-39-2

In the event of the attachment of a commune to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status under the conditions provided for in article L. 5210-1-2, the creation of s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Annex to the code of civil procedure relating to its application in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

Article ANNEXE, art. 39

The President of the Commercial Chamber shall rule in summary proceedings and on applications in accordance with Articles 872, 873 and 875 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-39

For the purposes of Article 696-135, the Public Prosecutor responsible for deciding whether investigations will be continued by the Public Prosecutor who has refused to relinquish jurisdiction or by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-39-1

In the event of an appeal by the public prosecutor or the sentenced person, the other party has an additional period of twenty-four hours or five days in which to lodge a cross-appeal, depending on wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Special conditions for the "pneumology" option

Article D6124-177-39

The coordinating doctor specialises in : either in respirology; - or in physical medicine and rehabilitation, in which case he or she must have training or proven experience in respirology; - or in ge…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions relating to associated communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and delegated communes

Article R2113-19

The provisions of Article R. 2511-22 are applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivité…

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