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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-38

When a public prosecutor receives a request from a Member State for recognition and enforcement in France of a custodial sentence or detention order handed down by a court in that State, he or she sha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-38

No later than one month after the opening date of the session, the training body sends the Regional Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion : 1° The list of host companies for each trainee and th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-38

There is a handrail at the entrance and exit to the whirlpools.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors

Article L511-38

…he certification referred to in the previous paragraph may be performed by a single statutory auditor. Where this condition is met, and the company is subject either to public accounting rules or to a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-38

In the event that the Board of Directors of a Regional Mutual Agricultural Credit Union ceases to hold office or takes decisions contrary to legal or regulatory provisions or the instructions of the C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-38

All electronic money institutions shall publish their annual accounts in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Autorité des normes comptables after obtaining the opinion of the Comité consul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-38

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the European Securities and Markets Authority without delay of the outcome of the initial authorisation procedure, of any change in the AIFM's authoris…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

The Minister for the Economy shall set up a National Sanctions Commission responsible for imposing the sanctions provided for in Article L. 561-40. It shall deal with breaches detected during inspecti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-38

…agreement. The consultation of employees, where applicable, is also carried out within this perimeter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Recruitment methods and means of monitoring employee activity

Article L2312-38

The Social and Economic Committee shall be informed, prior to their use, of any methods or techniques used to assist in the recruitment of job applicants and of any changes thereto. It shall also be i…

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