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Showing 26412650 of 32230 articles for Art. Loi 2011-900 du 29-7-2011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

When it is in possession of the necessary information, the Criminal Appeals Chamber shall decide, within a maximum of fifteen days, whether to recognise the decision sentencing the person to a custodi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-7

…ed herbalists are subject to the same rules as those governing pharmacists for the sale of their products.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-7

…ost accounts covering all the establishment's activities and resources, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for Health. The Director communicates the results of the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-43

…stered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The same applies if the legal representative changes during the proceedings. In the absence of any person entitled to represent the legal person under th…

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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

…r State, the criminal court, after consulting the competent authority of the issuing State, shall deduct in full from the amount to be confiscated in France any fraction already recovered in that othe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-37

…cle 706-53-13, the regional court referred to in Article 706-53-15 may, in accordance with the procedures set out in this article, decide to extend all or part of the obligations to which the person i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-7

I. - The syndicats de communes are administered by a deliberative body composed of delegates elected by the municipal councils of the member communes under the conditions provided for in article L. 21…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-79

…pal cooperation exceeds 25,000 inhabitants, the minimum surface area results from the sum of the product of the fraction of the population less than or equal to 25,000 inhabitants by the coefficient 0…

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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 or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-135

…that the mental disorder of the person concerned requires care and compromises the safety of individuals or seriously undermines public order. The State representative in the département or, in Paris…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-76

…l as to the control of the general inspectorate of finance.The accounting officer's accounts are produced in the same form and within the same timeframe as those of the municipality's accounting offic…

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