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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-8

The Board of Directors shall adopt its rules of procedure. A financial committee is set up within the Board of Directors to prepare the Board's work on points 4° to 10° of Article R. 823-7. An order o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R441-7

For the application of Article R. 421-59 to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "under Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entr…

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

Article R223-34

When the capital reduction has been decided under the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 223-34, the shares are purchased within three months of expiry of the objection peri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-6

Shareholders' objections and requests for redemption, as provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 229-2, are lodged within one month of the last date of publication prescribed by article R. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-20

If the commission awards an advance or compensation in an amount greater than that set by the decision of the first president of the court of appeal, its payment to the claimant is, notwithstanding th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-24

The sentence enforcement court may at any time appoint a doctor to verify that the implementation of the procedure mentioned in article R. 544-7 du code pénitentiaire is not harmful to the person's he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee

Article R1251-18

The guarantee undertaking provided for in article R. 1251-11 may only be given by an approved collective guarantee body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorised to give guar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reducing human exposure to gamma radiation from construction materials in buildings

Article R1333-42

The results of the radiological characterisations of construction products containing natural materials or industrial residues mentioned in article R. 1333-40 and the corresponding activity concentrat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-7

The competent administrative authority may, by agreement, entrust the implementation of the measures defined by the prefectoral order mentioned in article R. 1338-4 to a public or private body.For sit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-11

Each bank account opened by the entrepreneur for the purposes of the business activity to which assets have been assigned must contain in its heading the name provided for in 2° of article R. 526-3 as…

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