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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-3

…public interest entity, it shall comply with the provisions of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements for the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: FINANCIAL IMPLEMENTATION

Article R2191-1

The purchasers mentioned in article R. 2100-1 are not subject to the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of those of articles R. 2191-20 and R. 2191-21. However, Pôle Emploi and, for their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-8

…the referral, for the same purposes, of the conciliation commission provided for in Article L. 615-21. Time limits continue to run from the day on which a final decision is taken.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R*364-2

…the Minister responsible for immigration. The administrative authority mentioned in article R. 343-21 is the senior administrator of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. "

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

Article R15-33-29-23

…appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Environment, on a proposal fr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article D38

…ert appointed by the investigating judge belongs to an association referred to in articles 2-1 to 2-21 and the information relates to acts for which this association can act as a civil party, it must…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-11

…l des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires. The articles R. 811-20 and R. 811-21 are applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…l police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth paragraph of article 78-2 b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-153

…of the property or intangible rights the confiscation of which is provided for by the article 131-21 of the Penal Code. The examining magistrate may, in the course of the investigation, order this s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L783-2

…r no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A, B of I and IIILaw 2021-402 of 8 April 2021 L. 612-3 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 612-4 Order no. 2017-1608 of…

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