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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-23

For the application of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, state, by reasoned order or judgment, that there is no need to order a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-23

Where a Payment Service User denies having authorised a payment transaction which has been executed, or claims that the payment transaction has not been executed correctly, the onus shall be on his Pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-23

In a company whose shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, the transfer of shares or securities giving access to the capital, for any reason whatsoever, may be subject to the company…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-23

…s in the company, concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2232-12, may define the respective powers of the central social and economic committee and the establ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline

Article L321-23

The Conseil des maisons de vente comprises a Sanctions Committee made up of three members, appointed for a term of four years by the Minister of Justice: 1° A member of the Conseil d'Etat, active or h…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-23

The provisions of article R. 224-22 do not apply in the following cases:1° When the vehicle is the subject of maintenance or repair services carried out free of charge, or under contractual warranties…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-23

When it receives an application for a measure involving placement under mobile electronic surveillance or when it is considering imposing such a measure ex officio, the sentence enforcement court may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Right of the Board of Directors to impose sanctions - Suspension or reduction of funding

Article R2135-23

In the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2135-16, the Board of Directors may, by means of a resolution adopted in accordance with the procedures defined in the third paragraph of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-23

Accreditation is granted for a period of three years by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency within six months of receipt of the application, on the basis of the documents in the file ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 ter

…ions of the amended law of 27 September 1941 regulating archaeological excavations, the amended law no. 76-629 of 10 July 1976 relating to the protection of nature and the law no. 76-1285 of 31 Decemb…

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