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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-5

The application for authorisation of a foreign investment is filed by the investor. However, where the proposed investment involves one or more investors belonging to a chain of control, the applicati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-9

I.-The conditions set may be revised, at the investor's request: 1° In the event of changes, unforeseeable on the date of completion of the authorised operation, in the economic and regulatory conditi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-7

…pter: 1° Where the investment is made between entities all belonging to the same group, i.e. more than 50% of the capital or voting rights are held, directly or indirectly, by the same shareholder; 2°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-8

I.-The conditions mentioned in II of article L. 151-3 are primarily intended, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, to : 1° Ensure the continuity and security, on national territory, of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Right to an interpreter during hearings

Article D594-2

If the suspected or accused person who is the subject of a hearing contests the absence of an interpreter or the quality of the interpretation, he or she may make observations which are either mention…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Right to an interpreter during hearings

Article D594-1

…the application of article 803-5, if the person suspected or prosecuted has not requested the assistance of an interpreter but there is a doubt as to his ability to speak or understand the French lang…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Membership of an occupational health service

Article D4625-28

When joining, the employer shall provide the local occupational health and safety service with the following information: 1° The list of workers concerned, including those covered by enhanced individu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Membership of an occupational health service

Article D4625-27

The employer informs and consults the social and economic committee on the use of one or more local occupational health and prevention services for the medical surveillance of its remote workers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Membership of an occupational health service

Article D4625-26

Employers may join a local prevention and occupational health service for their remote workers: 1° Either because the assignment of these remote workers outside the establishment employing them is suf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-13

…en paid the previous year, excluding the deductions mentioned in article L. 5212-11. The amounts of annual funding provided for under the programme that have not been spent are carried over to the fol…

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