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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V: Social security and social assistance

Article 1441-4

…e judicial courts and courts of appeal specially designated pursuant to Articles L. 211-16 , L. 311-15 and L. 311-16 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire are set out in Chapter 2 of Title IV of Bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control.

Article R518-30-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 518-15-2, the Supervisory Board of Caisse des dépôts et consignations is informed of the inspections carried out by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-136

…eference shares to designated shareholders, the contribution auditors referred to in article L. 228-15 are appointed and carry out their duties under the conditions set out in the second and third par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article R251-3

The information provided for in Article L. 251-15 that the statutory auditor sends to the directors relates to any fact that he or she identifies when examining the documents provided to him or her or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-33

…conditions provided for by the legislation in force, the declarations prescribed in Article L. 561-15 and the other information provided for in Chapter I of Title VI of Book V of the Legislative Part…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…ion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where the person sough…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-66

…g a sporting competition at the end of which one of the national titles mentioned in article L. 131-15 or article R. 131-13 is awarded;3° Or on an athlete subject to the whereabouts requirements set o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-1

…4223-5 of Title III ;- Title III, with the exception of articles L. 4232-3 to L. 4232-9 and L. 4232-15 ;- Chapter I of Title IV, with the exception of article L. 4232-15.Article L. 4211-1 is applicabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Household and other waste

Article L2573-30

…two paragraphs of Article L. 2224-13, l'article L. 2224-14, the first paragraph of article L. 2224-15 and the first paragraph of l'article L. 2224-16 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Verification of professional qualifications and continuing training

Article R519-40

…lating to training and continuing professional development set out in articles L. 314-24 and R. 519-15-1. It verifies that the training courses referred to in article R. 519-15-1 are: 1° Effectively p…

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