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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-117

Whether or not shareholders and holders of investment certificates are asked to waive their pre-emptive rights, the content of the reports by the Board of Directors or the Management Board and the Sta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R1311-11

It is forbidden to perform the techniques mentioned in articles R. 1311-1 and R. 1311-6 on a minor without the written consent of a person with parental authority or their guardian. Persons carrying o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Agreements and links with companies.

Article R4113-110

The public is informed of the existence of direct or indirect links between healthcare professionals and the companies or establishments referred to in article L. 4113-13 when the professional is pres…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Arrangements for repayment of the advance

Article R2191-11

…ce is deducted from the sums due to the contractor, at a rate and in accordance with the procedures laid down in the terms of the contract, by deduction from the sums due by way of instalments, final…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-1

Applications relating to the operation of matrimonial property regimes and indivisions between persons bound by a civil solidarity pact or between cohabitees, as well as those relating to the liquidat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application and attachments

Article R4126-11

Complaints and pleadings must, on pain of inadmissibility, be accompanied by copies in a number equal to that of the parties plus two. Where the parties attach documents in support of their claims and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-11

Officers appointed as radiation protection inspectors pursuant to articles R. 1333-168 and R. 1333-169 may be authorised, by the administrative authority that is entitled to appoint them, to investiga…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-11

The purchaser may, without prior advertising or competitive tendering, award additional service or works contracts consisting of services not included in the contract initially concluded but which hav…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-11

In the cases and according to the distinctions provided for by the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and the third paragraph of article 142-3, the cancellation of the security interest shall be obtaine…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-11

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance sends the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him…

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