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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-4

…as already been decided by the State representative in application of the provisions of article L. 3213-1 of the Public Health Code, the judicial decision replaces the hospitalisation order issued by…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R.4322-23-1

The national council concludes contracts governed by article L. 4322-12 under the conditions set out in section 1 of chapter II of title II of book I.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-2-1

…rse of the police investigation as a civil party in accordance with the second paragraph of article 420-1, the President shall rule on this claim in the criminal order. If he is unable to rule on this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-4

…out any investigations required to examine the claim, in accordance with the adversarial principle, and will, if necessary, arrange for an expert opinion to be drawn up, without being bound by profess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-1

When fixed-rate fines, reduced fixed-rate fines and increased fixed-rate fines apply to a legal entity, their amount is quintupled.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-4-2

When it rules on compulsory medical liability insurance as provided for in Article L. 251-1 on referrals from self-employed health professionals, the Central Pricing Office may decide to apply either…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-4

Where insurance and reinsurance undertakings use external credit assessments for the calculation of prudential technical provisions and the Solvency Capital Requirement, they shall, as part of their r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-2

…t for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status, one or more of its member municipalities and, where applicable, one or more of the public establishments attached to one or more of them, may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4-2

…to the president of a declaration, signed by their members, accompanied by a list of their members and their representative.Under the conditions it defines, the community council may assign to the gr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-40-2

The separate file authorised by the liberty and custody judge includes the documents he lists, the investigating judge's request, the public prosecutor's opinion and, where applicable, the investigato…

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