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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R11

…as giving rise to an initial assignment within the meaning of the penultimate paragraph of article 16, the stages of the curriculum during which the gendarmerie officers referred to in 2° of the same…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article R2-15-5

…pients. The rights of access, rectification, limitation and opposition provided for in articles 15, 16, 18 and 21 of the same regulation may be exercised by contacting the department responsible for v…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-157-1

…t company for a period of five years in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 214-24-16, after the application has been accepted by the ordinary general meeting of shareholders. The net…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Issuing and managing electronic money

Article D315-2

…igations set out in Articles L. 561-5 and L. 561-5-1 under the conditions set out in Article R. 561-16-1, using the medium referred to in 1°, is set at 1,000 euros per calendar month; 3° The maximum a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-30

…five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 Euros to disregard the provisions of Article L. 7124-16: 1° For any person, to have a child under the age of sixteen perform perilous feats of strength o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Right of the Board of Directors to impose sanctions - Suspension or reduction of funding

Article R2135-23

In the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2135-16, the Board of Directors may, by means of a resolution adopted in accordance with the procedures defined in the third paragraph of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-53

…each professional category or sub-category and allocate the seats in accordance with article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper presented in a form other than that validated by the committee, any ballot pape…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

…ts for public interest entities referred to in i of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.Where the statutory auditor has not performed any certification engagement in the six…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-7

…ticle R. 541-15 of the Environment Code and are based on the elements listed in I of Article R. 541-16 of the same code.They are specific for certain wastes by virtue of III of Article L. 541-13 of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Subsequent work on the structure.

Article R4532-95

The file for subsequent work on the structure provided for in article L. 4532-16 brings together, in a slip, all the documents, such as plans and technical notes, likely to facilitate subsequent work…

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