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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A35-1

…ice nationale de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouméa Nouméa Guadeloupe National Police Headquarters Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe à Pitre Direction territoriale de la police nationale de la Martinique Fort-de-France…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules

Article A712-33

The CCI France intervention standard relating to combined accounts and consolidated accounts is binding on related entities included in the scope of the combining or consolidating CCI. Failure by the…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules

Article A712-19

…ic establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry coincide with the calendar year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules

Article A712-32

No later than the meeting following its installation, the general meeting of each public institution shall elect from among its members a finance committee, the composition and powers of which shall b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-79-1

The acts relating to the future protection mandate provided for in the third paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code give rise to the collection of the fees provided for in Article A. 444-79.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…nformation to third-party donors who have contacted it or whom it has contacted pursuant to Article R. 2143-7. II - Persons whose data is processed may exercise their right of access to data concernin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-29

In addition to the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, the film classification committee comprises twenty-seven full members and fifty-four deputy members divided into four colleges.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-20

Where the contracting authority intends to conclude the negotiations, it shall inform the remaining tenderers and set a common deadline for the submission of any new or revised tenders.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-22

The special report of the company's statutory auditor drawn up pursuant to article L. 228-19 includes its opinion on the company's compliance with the special rights attached to preference shares and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-26

The members of the specialised expert committees set up by the Agency and their chairmen are appointed by decision of the Director General of the establishment, after obtaining the opinion of the Scie…

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