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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-3-2

…their region by the Minister for Overseas France. The provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 4433-3-1 shall apply. The Regional Councils may submit proposals to the Government for the applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-22-1

…than two months after the renewal of the Conseil Supérieur de la Prud'homie provided for in Article R. 1431-8, of the name of the judge of their court whom they propose to appoint pursuant to 2° of Ar…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article R412-2

…Article L. 412-3 shall, in the performance of their duties, ensure that there is no conflict of interest. To…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-26

…tain copies, in electronic form if necessary. They may carry out all cash and portfolio verifications. They may carry out their checks by having access to the IT tools and data used by the person bein…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-3

The persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall take measures to determine whether the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitalisation contracts and, where applicable, their ben…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-238

…A statement of the amount of the share capital, which may be rounded down to the nearest whole number. In the event of a capital increase resulting from the exercise, which may take place at any time,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-20

The person placed under judicial supervision with a ban on approaching the victim and wearing an anti-seizure bracelet is notified of the following information: 1° The fitting of the bracelet incorpor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compulsory medical examinations.

Article R2122-2

Each examination must include a clinical examination and a test for albuminuria and glycosuria. In addition, the following tests are carried out 1° During the first prenatal examination: a) In the cas…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-2

…ence of any exploitation of his work, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part of those rights. II.-The procedures for exercising the right of termination referred to in I shall be defined by m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

…ary medicine containing one or more critically important antibiotic substances mentioned in article L. 5144-1-1 is subject to : 1° The prior performance of a clinical examination carried out by the pr…

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