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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions

Article R711-38

…ly of the regional chamber of commerce and industry or was adopted without the provisions of this code having been complied with, the chamber of commerce and industry that does not meet the criteria s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R937-5

…the election of the elected members of the chambers of commerce and industry and the chambers of trade and craft, and, by the president of the commercial court, a copy of the order fixing the list of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R947-5

…the election of the elected members of the chambers of commerce and industry and the chambers of trade and craft, and, by the president of the commercial court, a copy of the order fixing the list of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter

Article A761-10

The file for the reduction of a reference perimeter includes: 1° A plan showing the location of the reference perimeter including the communes remaining within whose territory the provisions of articl…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical health centres.

Article D6124-418

The children's section, for children over 18 or 24 months of age, is made up of single rooms accounting for at least two-fifths of the total number of beds, and rooms with between two and a maximum of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Copies of criminal record files

Article R75-1

A copy of each record relating to a custodial sentence handed down for a felony or misdemeanour is sent by the clerk of the court that handed down the sentence to the Ministry of the Interior's centra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits.

Article R518-34

…ution of the sale price of an immovable, an extract of the minutes drawn up by the judge shall be made by the clerk of the court, which extract shall contain :1° The surnames and first names of the cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R711-47-2

…d industry attached to the same regional chamber of commerce and industry requires an election outside the year of the general renewal, the order on the composition of the new chamber referred to in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

…ion establishments, artistic education establishments, special education establishments, as well as maritime vocational lycées, agricultural education establishments mentioned in article L. 811-8 of t…

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