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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Judicial police officers of the national police force

Article R15-29

As an exception to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 15-19 and 3° of Article R. 15-20, officers and agents of the judicial police belonging to the zonal or departmental border police directorates or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Sale of other property.

Article R642-39

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 642-20, the matter shall be referred to the official receiver by the public prosecutor, the liquidator or the debtor. Where the sale by mutual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-19

…st paragraph of article 93, II of article 94 and articles 97 to 99 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-25-4

…90, Articles 92, 93, I and III of Article 94 and Articles 95 to 99 of the above-mentioned Decree of 20 November 2020.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article D814-37-1

…edings, this number being determined in accordance with the provisions of 4° of Article R. 621-1;2° 20 million euros in turnover, defined in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Individual monitoring and additional examinations

Article R4412-45

…s provided for in article R. 4624-36 or, in the case of an agricultural employee, in article R. 717-20 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Determining the number of training and delegation days and the methods for calculating and paying lump-sum compensation

Article D7343-75

…ated for the time spent at meetings of the negotiating committee, in application of article L. 7343-20. They are also compensated on a pro rata basis for the number of days they exercise their mandate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZG

…operation of horse racing, and for the online horse betting mentioned in the article 11 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online g…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-129-2

…to L. 225-197-3 as well as issues of preference shares referred to in articles L. 228-11 to L. 228-20 must be the subject of specific resolutions. Within the limits of the delegation granted by the G…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Concession contracts awarded without prior advertising or competitive tendering

Article R3121-6

…rs have been received or where only inadmissible applications within the meaning of Article L. 3123-20 or unsuitable tenders within the meaning of Article R. 3124-4 have been submitted, provided that…

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