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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article R214-239

In order to grant the authorisation referred to in Article L. 214-189, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify that the rules or articles of association of the undertaking, i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article R522-23

On presentation of the protested warrant, the administration of the general shop shall give the broker appointed for the sale by the warrant holder every facility to proceed with the sale. It shall de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article D5131-23

1° The amount above which the resources mentioned in article R. 5131-22 can no longer be fully combined with the flat-rate amount of the allowance mentioned in article L. 5131-6 is set at €300 ; 2° Th…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

Any approved association that has been registered for at least five years on the date on which the civil party is brought, proposing by its articles of association to combat corruption, may exercise t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, Hospices civils de Lyon and Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille

Article R6132-23

The Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, the Hospices civils de Lyon or the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille may, for one or more of the hospital groupings provided for in Article R. 6147-4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-23

I. - A prefectoral order sets the date for the election of the members of the commission mentioned in 1°,2°, and 3° of Article L. 5211-43, lists the various colleges constituted pursuant to Articles R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-23

The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the names of the directors present, deemed present within the meaning of article L. 225-37, excused or absent. It shall state the presence or absence of perso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232

The securitisation undertakings referred to in II of Article L. 214-167 are those whose purpose is to be exposed, in a proportion exceeding 50% of the undertaking's assets under the conditions defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of dental surgeons towards patients.

Article R4127-237

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5 and except in the cases provided for in article R. 4127-236, the dental surgeon attached to an establishment with an internship system must, in the prese…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

The processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the person concerned…

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