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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22-1

…o make decisions concerning persons convicted of an offence falling within the scope of Article 706-16 for which the jurisdiction provided for in Article 706-17 has not been exercised, the Sentence En…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

…n or the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.At the end of the period provided for in article L. 526-16, the undertaking loses the status of electronic money institution and must have changed its corpo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-1

…er the conditions defined in article L. 233-1, in I and II of article L. 233-3 and inarticle L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code. II - For the purposes of setting up a Group Works Council, an unde…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R153-2

…ticle R. 140-1, the references to articles R. 142-33 to R. 142-40 are deleted; 9° In article R. 142-16; a) the references to the Directions régionales des entreprises, de la concurrence, de la consomm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R3

The commission provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whose assent is required for the appointment of members of the national gendarmerie and civil servants from the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

…on the use by the fund of its appropriations referred to in the final paragraph of article L. 2135-16 ; 6° Defining the list of documents to be provided by the organisations benefiting from the Fund'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-11

In addition to the powers conferred on him by the application of the first paragraphs of Articles 16 and 18 of the above-mentioned Act of 20 January 2017 , the Chairman shall exercise the powers of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R632-3

…a exercising similar powers with the assistance that the latter requests pursuant to Article L. 632-16, it shall notify the AMF of the reasons for its refusal and, if the refusal is based on the exist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…tualité Française;15° Four representatives of legal entities managing institutions for the disabled;16° Four representatives of legal entities managing institutions for the elderly;17° One representat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R4641-17

The members of the Regional Committee referred to in 3° and 5° of article R. 4641-16 shall complete and update an individual declaration of interests filed with the Regional Directorate for Business,…

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