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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-18

The category A and B environmental inspectors referred to in article 28-3 are referred to as judicial environmental officers.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-19

The committee referred to in I of Article 28-3 shall comprise: 1° The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first advocates general or advocates gene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 3)

…DISABILITY OF VICTIMS OF MEDICAL ACCIDENTS, IATROGENIC CONDITIONS OR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 VII. - CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMWhatever the nature and origin of the cardiovasc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

The standard of ethics "securing the interventions of the statutory auditor-implementation of the risks and safeguards approach", approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: Ethical standar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 27-1

…ansmitted electronically, using technical procedures that must guarantee, under conditions specific to each register, the reliability of the identification of the author, the integrity of the document…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-2

…neficial owner is the natural person(s): 1° who ultimately controls, directly or indirectly, the customer ; 2° or for whom a transaction is executed or an activity carried out. A decree of the Conseil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the legal entities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may draw up an abbreviated balance sheet and an abbreviated profi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2

…anagement companies or the AIFs or UCITS they manage: 1° Managers ; 2° Members of the board of directors or management board; 3° Directors of simplified joint stock companies and persons exercising a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-1

…broadcast by satellite is governed by the provisions of this code whenever the work is transmitted to the satellite from the national territory.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-1

…he time of the application for transcription, the parents may opt for the application of French law to determine the name of their child, under the conditions set out in this section..

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