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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-7

…bject to the penalties set out in Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. This secrecy may not be invoked against the body that keeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for calculating the amount of the advance

Article R2191-7

…mate closed financial year exceeds €60 million.Local authorities, their public bodies and groupings may make payment of the advance conditional on the provision of a first demand guarantee. This guara…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-10

…itting a new offence. This examination is carried out by the sentence enforcement judge; the latter may seek the opinion of the multi-disciplinary committee for security measures composed in accordanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-7

…ied by third parties. Pharmaceutical establishments authorised under 1° and 4° of article R. 5124-2 may include, without separate authorisation, a storage room located close to the establishment. This…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-24

Subject to the provisions of the following four paragraphs, the criminal court may neither apply measures that would replace the confiscation order, nor modify the nature of the confiscated property o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-1

The sentence enforcement judge may provide that the sentence will be served under the semi-liberty or work release scheme either in the event of a sentence of one or more custodial sentences whose tot…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

The person subject to conditional release may be subject to the obligations set out for socio-judicial supervision if he or she has been convicted of a crime or offence for which this measure is incur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

…t:1° That data concerning them is processed automatically under the conditions laid down by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;2° That this d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book I: Provisions common to all courts

Article 748-9

…692-1, by any means, by simple letter, by registered letter without acknowledgement of receipt, it may be sent to him, if he has given his prior consent, by electronic mail under conditions that ensu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-3

The order made pursuant to article 705-2 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, t…

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