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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of sentences court

Article D49-38

The rules relating to the policing of proceedings before the criminal court set out in articles 401and 405 are applicable before the sentence enforcement court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-38

When the sentence enforcement court is seized by the public prosecutor for the purpose of ordering judicial supervision, it may rule by the same judgment, at the request of the sentence enforcement ju…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article D2315-38

I.-For social and economic committees governed by Article L. 2315-64, the report referred to in Article L. 2315-69 , which provides information for analysing the accounts, includes information relatin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-38

Units in mutual funds and shares in open-ended investment companies (SICAVs) acquired pursuant to 1° of article L. 3323-2 continue to be held by the organisation responsible for them, from which the i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for referral to the Agency by academies, medical or scientific learned societies and approved associations

Article D1418-38

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine will acknowledge receipt of the request and specify the time required to examine it. If the request requires resources that are excessive in relati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-38

The alphabetical file indicates:1° For natural persons, their birth name, customary name, forenames, date and place of birth, the activity carried out and the address of the establishment or, failing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Seizures

Article A444-38

The services listed under the following numbers in Table 3-2 give rise to the collection of fees equal to six tenths of the fixed and proportional fees, and the graduated fee, calculated pursuant to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-38

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said decree…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-38

The management account drawn up by the metropolitan authority's accounting officer is submitted to the chairman of the metropolitan authority's council to be attached to the administrative account, as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the Control Committee.

Article D4622-38

The term of office for members of the Control Committee is four years.

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