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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L325-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 612-39, the administrative authorisation provided for in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-1-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1 may be withdrawn by the Autorité de cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-46

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the double voting rights provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 225-123 are de jure, unless a clause to the contrary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions specific to certain offences

Article 706-106

Without prejudice to articles 706-81 to 706-87 and for the sole purpose of recording the offences referred to in 12° of Article 706-73, identify the perpetrators and accomplices and carry out the seiz…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-1

When instructing criminal investigation officers to carry out a preliminary investigation, the public prosecutor sets the time limit within which this investigation must be carried out. He may extend…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1

If it is necessary to carry out technical or scientific findings or examinations, the public prosecutor or, with the latter's authorisation, the officer or agent of the judicial police or, under their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76-1

Article 61-3 is applicable to the preliminary investigation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768-1

The automated national criminal record receives, as far as legal entities are concerned and after checking their identity by means of the national register of companies and establishments: 1° Unoppose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-159

The Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets) is a public administrative body under the joint autho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-162

The Agency is administered by a Board of Directors, chaired by a judge appointed by decree.

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