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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-3

…en the subject, pursuant to the provisions of Article 706-88 or Article 706-88-1, of police custody lasting more than seventy-two hours.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1

…the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and for the referent provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2314-1 within companies with fewer than fifty employees;6° Informing co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Other administrative police measures

Article L5145-9

…or legal person in connection with the distance selling of veterinary medicinal products during the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed, up to a maximum of one million euros.II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-1

…nce, to each of the authorities empowered to issue authorisations. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 711-3, the single body and the recipient bodies are prohibited from com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-6

…le body and to exchanges between the registrant and this single body. By way of derogation from the last three paragraphs of Article R. 112-11-1 of the same code, the electronic acknowledgement of rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Preliminary title: General provisions

Article R1

…l of the French Republic certifying the date of its declaration; c) an activity report covering the last five years; d) a document justifying the number of its members. When the application submitted…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-33

…icle 131-36-12-1 of the Penal Code. In this case, the dangerousness examination provided for by the last paragraph of article 763-3 is carried out after the opinion of the multidisciplinary commission…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L744-11

…ing fromL. 221-1 and L. 221-2 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-9

…available to the General Meeting of Shareholders, or the body acting in its stead, relating to the last two financial years, including in particular the annual financial statements and, where applica…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-8

…The company informs the employees individually of this valuation value, its change compared to the last value communicated, the date of the next publication of the fund's net asset value, the contact…

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