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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81

The investigating judge shall, in accordance with the law, carry out all acts of information that he or she deems useful for ascertaining the truth. A copy of these acts as well as of all the document…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

…ns operators the identity, postal address, electronic addresses available to them and telephone contact details of any subscriber whose access to online public communication services has been used to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-172

…tor concerned shall be informed of this change by any means, including by judicial or extrajudicial act. Similarly, the management company may, by means of an agreement, entrust any entity designated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-14

…ard of Directors, who is appointed under the conditions set out in article 10 of the aforementioned Act of 26 July 1983 and holds the title of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.The Chairman and Chi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-14

…ble, may lodge an objection to the payment of the price at their elected domicile, by extrajudicial act or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The objection, on pain of nullity, shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-37

…t on one or more management operations. The public prosecutor and the works council are entitled to act for the same purposes. If the application is granted, the court decision determines the scope of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-42

…of the Board of Directors may be annulled if they have had harmful consequences for the company.An action for annulment shall be barred after three years from the date of the agreement. However, if t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-90

…of the Supervisory Board may be cancelled if they have had harmful consequences for the company.An action for nullity shall be barred after three years from the date of the agreement. However, if the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 485

…mandatary. He may also authorise the latter or an ad hoc mandatary to perform one or more specific acts not covered by the mandate. The future protection mandatary and the persons appointed by the ju…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-1

…ervision, judicial police officers may, on the instructions of the public prosecutor, carry out the acts provided for in the articles 56 to 62, for the purpose of discovering the missing person. At th…

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