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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-16

Each year, within one month of the installation of the newly elected judges, the President of the Commercial Court shall, by order made after consulting the General Meeting, determine the allocation t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Delimitation of the waiting area

Article R341-2

The administrative authority competent to delimit the waiting area is the prefect of the département and, in Paris, the police prefect.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits.

Article R518-36

These voluntary deposits may only be made in Paris and in the form of legal tender coins or banknotes.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot.

Article R713-13

The commission provided for in article L. 713-17, called the "election organisation commission", competent to organise, in the district of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, the electio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 219

The president of the investigating division, and in courts where there are several investigating divisions, one of the presidents specially appointed by the general assembly, exercises the specific po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article R751-1

In each department, a prefectoral order, published in the Recueil des actes administratifs, appoints:1° On a proposal from the department's association of mayors, from among the members of the deliber…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L6241-5-1

The disciplinary chambers of the Ordre des Médecins or the Ordre des Pharmaciens are competent to rule on a complaint lodged against a company operating a private medical biology laboratory when that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 787

…in a state of legal recidivism, those who, after having obtained the rehabilitation, incurred a new sentence, those who, condemned contradictorily or by contumacy to a criminal sentence, prescribed ag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4234-9

…but related applications that normally fall within their respective jurisdictions, each of the presidents concerned shall refer the matter to the president of the National Disciplinary Board and send…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-318

…rofessions have access to all the information contained in the National Register of Companies, in order to carry out their duties: 1° Regional and departmental inter-ministerial directorates responsib…

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