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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-1

The Sentence Enforcement Judge and the Sentence Enforcement Court constitute the first-level sentence enforcement courts, which are responsible, under the conditions laid down by law, for setting the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

The agency may employ contractual public-sector employees on fixed-term or indefinite-term, full-time or part-time contracts, and full-time or part-time private-sector employees. The contracts of publ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-22

The rapporteur presents his report orally at the hearing. The party concerned and his counsel are invited to speak last. The proceedings are not public unless the person concerned or his counsel reque…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-39

The Boards of Directors of the Caisses Régionales de Crédit Agricole Mutuel have powers over the administration and management of the local mutuals affiliated to them similar to those conferred by Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-74

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article 3a of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the following may be members of a regional caisse de crédit m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25-1

I. - The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request information from the funds set up pursuant to 9° of Article 53 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 relating to the amount, origin an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Obligations relating to the identification of customers, accounts and persons as part of the fight against tax evasion and fraud

Article L564-1

Notwithstanding article L. 312-1, when a financial institution subject to I of article 1649 AC of the General Tax Code is unable to identify, under the conditions set out in II of the same article 164…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Group agreements.

Article L2232-33

All the negotiations provided for by this Code at company level may be initiated and concluded at group level under the same conditions, subject to the adaptations provided for in this section. Where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, employee adviser and member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2421-2

The procedure provided for in this sub-section also applies to an employee who holds one of the following offices: 1° Member of the board or director of a social security fund mentioned in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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