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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-1

…list mentioned in article R. 2, the mayor shall send, before 15 April, to the persons drawn by lot: 1° A notice containing the information or particulars provided for in 1° and 2° of Article 10-4 and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VI: REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article R610-1

In accordance with article R. 253-1, the provisions of articles R. 611-1, R. 611-2 and R. 614-1 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-36-1

…nits by the fund's unitholders or contractual subscription commitments in an entity mentioned in 3° and 4° of II of article R. 214-36.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-12

…checked the year following their registration by the departmental directorate for employment, work and solidarity, with territorial jurisdiction, in accordance with the procedures set out in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-21

…r the liquidator, of the publication, in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a newspaper authorised to publish legal notices in the département of the debtor's registered…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-22

…rs' representative or the liquidator, in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a newspaper authorised to publish legal notices in the département where the debtor's registe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-20

On the basis of the documents and information provided by the debtor, the depositors, the guarantee fund, the administrators appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-23

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 814-27 and R. 814-28 of the French Commercial Code, the remuneration of the judicial administrator, the judicial representative and the liquidator of a cr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-2

Proof of the use of prohibited substances or methods appearing on the list referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 232-9 may only be provided, by means of the biological profile, in compliance…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording of stages in the procedure

Article L3122-2

The conceding authority records, by any appropriate means, the stages in the procedure for awarding concession contracts.

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