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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-3

As part of his powers as head of the criminal investigation department, the public prosecutor may issue general or specific instructions to investigators. He checks the legality of the resources used…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-35-3

Leave due under 1° of article R. 6152-35 may not be carried over to the following year, unless exceptional authorisation is granted by the director of the establishment after consulting the head of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-3

…icial authority; 2. Quality of coordination of the judicial police activity of the service or unit; 3. Quality of procedures and drafting of reports and minutes; 4. Quality of findings and technical i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-3

…l cases provided for in this paragraph, the court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 141-1, place or maintain the accused under judicial supervision. This decision is provisionally enfo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-8)

Article Annexe 3-3

Legal tests, professional regulations, economics and accounting Legal subjects: Securities. The law on the sale of furniture by public auction: - voluntary and judicial sales: concepts and distinction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article R621-37-1-1

The notification referred to in the first paragraph of III ofArticle L. 621-13-6 shall include all the details and information relating to the measure taken pursuant to I or II of the same article, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article D621-37-1-2

…spend and, where applicable, to lay off a director with immediate effect referred to in article L. 1332-3 of the Labour Code, taken pursuant to article L. 631-13-8, shall be notified to the person con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33-3

…ections 5 to 7 of Chapter II of this Title. The deregistration provided for in 7° of Article L. 612-39 shall be understood as a prohibition on the electronic money institution issuing electronic money…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-32

By way of derogation from article R. 214-32-29, a general-purpose investment fund may invest, in accordance with the principle of risk spreading, up to 100% of its assets in different eligible financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-35

…he non-voting equity securities of any one issuer ;2° 10% of the debt securities of any one issuer ;3° 10% of money market instruments issued by the same issuer.The limits laid down in 2° and 3° may n…

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