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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-5-1

In companies meeting the criteria set out in I of Article L. 225-79-2, employees are represented on the supervisory board under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-79-2 and L. 225-80. The amendm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-5

The Ordinary General Meeting of the company that directly or indirectly has majority control over the company awarding the free shares shall be informed in accordance with the conditions set out in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-5

A decree sets the conditions under which users connected or connectable to the sewerage network are required to install a device for metering the water they draw from sources other than the distributi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5-1

The Eurojust Agency, acting as a College, may address to the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge a written and reasoned opinion on how to resolve a conflict of jurisdiction or on recurrent di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-54-1

The genetic fingerprints of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of article 706-54 may be erased on the instruction of the public prosecutor, acting at the request of the person concerned. On…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-1

The automated national judicial file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offences constitutes an automated application of nominative information maintained by the criminal records department under th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-12

The terms and conditions of application of the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Council of State issued after consultation of the Commission nationale de l'informatique…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-18

The regional court for secure detention shall automatically order that secure detention be immediately terminated if the conditions set out in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-16

The security retention decision is valid for a period of one year. Security retention may be renewed, after a favourable opinion from the multidisciplinary commission on security measures, in accordan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-5-1

Before entering into a business relationship, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall collect information relating to the purpose and nature of the relationship and any other relevant inform…

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