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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

…he persons consulted under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. The Committee may hear the relevant statutory auditor(s), wh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-5

…tive assembly are made available to the public under the conditions provided for in article L. 1411-13.Data relating to water quality, price, volumes consumed, the organisation of the public drinking…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

…y professional secrecy, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in Articles 226-13 et 226-14 du code pénal.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-9 (art. A322-10)

…ue of the other corrected eye (greater than 1/10);- or a correction resulting in a visual acuity of 13/10 for the sum of the visual acuities of each corrected eye, with one eye at least at 8/10.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-18

…211-7 to 211-13 ; c) Where the production has not been edited within two years of production…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-2

…pplies where the debtor has committed a serious breach of the obligations set out in Article L. 526-13 or fraud against a creditor holding a general lien on the assets covered by the proceedings.For t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 535

…inspection bodies and their staff are bound by professional secrecy under the terms of articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code.The inspection procedures, the obligations of approved inspection bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-12

…awal of formalities for the purging of mortgages; 12° The exercise of the right to graze and range; 13° Guarantee commitments; 14° Transactions. In addition, the municipal council deliberates on matte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-3

…e regional plan for the development of vocational training and guidance mentioned in article L. 214-13 of the Education Code. To this end, they may be the subject of agreements on objectives and resou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Data controllers and data processors

Article R1111-26

…1470-5 and the ethical commitment guidelines referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1111-13-2.

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