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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

By way of derogation from 1° of article 223-4, for the selective aid for the distribution of unreleased works provided for in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of del…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Acts and formalities relating to the seizure of immovable property and sale by auction

Article A444-193

…tification to the managing agent of the notice of transfer pursuant to article 5-1 of decree no. 67-223 of 17 March 1967 €15.38 28 Concerning co-ownership lots, notification to the syndic of the trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional rules

Article R1132-10

…counsellors are subject to professional secrecy under the conditions set out in Articles 226-13 and 223-14 of the French Penal Code. Secrecy covers not only what has been entrusted to them, but also w…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…783 of 30 May 2012.Articles R. 221-14-1, R. 221-31, R. 221-32, R. 221-36-1, R. 221-39, R. 222-6, R. 223-10, R. 223-11, R. 223-13 and R. 251-5, as amended by Decree no. 2021-1888 of 29 December 2021;Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-38

Notwithstanding article L. 223-30, the articles of limited liability companies may not provide for a majority of more than 90% of the votes of the shareholders present or represented to decide on a cr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 727-1

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 223-2 du code pénitentiaire, le procureur de la République est immédiatement avisé de la découverte, au sein d'un établissement pénitentiaire ou d'u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-3

…ng, as far as he or she is concerned, all or part of the powers provided for by the articles 220 to 223. To this end, the President may delegate all or part of his powers pursuant to the third paragra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-1

…nancial instruments referred to in Article L. 211-1 and the savings bonds referred to in Article L. 223-1; 2° Any digital representation of a value that is not issued or guaranteed by a central bank o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-6

…opean Company and those relating to the single-member private limited company enacted by Article L. 223-31. In this case, the sole shareholder exercises the powers vested in the general meeting. In th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-4

Laws, ordinances and decrees passed before the entry into force of the Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 on statutory and institutional provisions relating to overseas France in matters fal…

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