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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-13

The members of the supervisory board do not incur any liability, due to the acts of the management and their result. They may be declared civilly liable for offences committed by the managers if, havi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: International letters rogatory.

Article 734

…s, or of his own motion, carry out in a foreign State the investigative measures and other judicial acts that he deems necessary by giving letters rogatory either to any competent judicial authority o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-5

…the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of Articles 181 and 469. If the acts constitute a contravention, the investigating judge orders the case to be referred to the compe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-5

…06-72-4, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigative acts and formalities carried out before the decision to relinquish jurisdiction or lack of jurisdict…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4

…modified, deferred, refused, withdrawn or revoked by order or reasoned judgment of this magistrate acting ex officio, at the request of the sentenced person or at the request of the public prosecutor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prenatal diagnosis.

Article L2161-1

As stated in Article 511-20 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below: "The act of carrying out prenatal diagnosis without having received the authorisation referred to in article L. 2131-1 of the Pu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-20

The subcontractor's right to an advance payment is established as soon as the purchaser notifies the contract or the special act. Repayment of this advance shall be deducted from the sums due to the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-7

…bout the situation of the legal entity or to fail to disclose to the public prosecutor any criminal acts of which they have knowledge..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 664

When they give rise to the merged formality pursuant to article 647, the acts referred to in 1 of article 635 are subject to land registration tax under the conditions set out in this code. Correspond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7252-3

The Assembly of Martinique shall be consulted on proposals for European Union acts concerning the territorial collectivity by the Government. The second paragraph of Article L. 7252-2 is applicable.It…

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