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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-104

To assess the limit referred to in Article L. 214-39, account is taken of :1° In the denominator, the assets mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article R. 214-87 ; 2° In the numerator :a) The debt of the r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-11

The Board of Directors sets the guidelines for the agency's policy through its deliberations. It adopts its own rules of procedure. It deliberates on the following matters 1° The general organisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

…uthorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural documents defined in 1° and 2° of this I that they draw up or in which they intervene, when the revelation of their ident…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-1

…persons of having committed one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1 or 706-74, in the context of a surveillance operation, and when required by the needs of the inves…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-5-1

…penalties provided for in IV of article L. 464-2 is granted when the following conditions are met: 1° The applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in article R. 464-5-4; > 2° It discloses its par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-16

…eriod of therapeutic part-time work, the junior doctor receives the full emoluments provided for in 1° of article R. 6153-1-7 as well as the supervised autonomy allowance and, where applicable, allowa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to manufacture, import and distribute active substances.

Article R5138-1

I. - The application for authorisation provided for in Article L. 5138-1 shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by the legal representatives of the es…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5217-10-14 are transmitted to the metropolitan authority.They are communicated by the metropolitan authority to the elected members o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-1

…the matter to the commission for the purpose of having the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7, the provisions of which they reproduce. These letters point out that the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article R2131-1

…sted on the municipality's website. The publicity period for the deed may not be less than two months. II. - Where the municipal council of a municipality with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants has opted,…

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