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

Article L225-37

…ecisions falling within the Board of Directors' specific remit as set out in Article L. 225-24, the last paragraph of Article L. 225-35, in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-36 and in I of Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

…enefits derived from the practices in question, to 4% of average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the decision. If no information is available…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Automated national registry of legal proceedings

Article 48-1

…person. The information contained in the automated national registry is kept, from the date of its last recorded update, for a period of ten years or, if longer, for a period equal to the period of p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-1

…by reasoned order of the liberty and custody judge in accordance with the procedures set out in the last paragraph of Article 137-1, and it shall rule in accordance with the provisions of articles 144…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-2

…by reasoned order of the liberty and custody judge in accordance with the procedures set out in the last paragraph of Article 137-1, and it shall rule in accordance with the provisions of articles 144…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-1-1

…tion of the order to the public prosecutor, and subject to the application of the provisions of the last paragraph of this article, the person under investigation may not be released and this decision…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10

…stances or methods prohibited in-competition appearing on the list of prohibitions mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 232-9, or to possess out-of-competition, without acceptable justificati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-3

…ience. Research involving humans in the field of midwifery and complying with the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 1121-5 may only be carried out under the direction and supervision of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

…rticle L. 6122-13" are deleted;5° In Article L. 1131-3, the words "subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 1131-2-1" are deleted;6° 4° of Article L. 1131-6 is replaced by the fol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6

…to Article 134 of Law No. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952; 2° Article L. 1333-9 shall not apply; 3° The last paragraph of I of Article L. 1333-13 shall read as follows: "Health professionals involved in t…

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