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

Article R40-22

The file of the criminal proceedings is returned, together with a copy of the decision, to the first president of the court of appeal for transmission to the court that handed down the decision to dis…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Article R1413-23

…and the rules in force on conflicts of interest, in conjunction with the Agency's compliance officer. In particular, it is consulted by the Board of Directors on the procedures for implementing the r…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-33

Decisions taken by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in the exercise of his powers under…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-25

The following health care activities are subject to the authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-1, including when they are carried out in the form of alternatives to hospitalisation:1° Medicine…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to offences not giving rise to the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-3

…the offence, the amount of the fine to be paid and, where applicable, the vehicle registration number. II.-The right-hand side includes the space where the part of the fine stamp to be sent can be aff…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-22

…provisional administrator within the skills operator; 4° Withdraw the approval of the skills operator.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5

…tutory auditors, the elements relating to the planning of the audit are defined in a concerted manner. 05. Where the statutory auditor is required to certify both the annual accounts and the consolida…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-29

Each company taking part in the cross-border merger shall provide the registrar responsible for the supervision referred to in Article L. 236-42 with a file containing the following documents and info…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-28

…ditions set out in the second paragraph above, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 131-12 of this Code. It forwards the new declarations of each of these incidents to the Banque de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-25

…rking in sectors corresponding to those of the interested organisations mentioned in III of article R. 2272-9;b) The most representative professional employers' organisations at national and cross-ind…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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