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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 D47-32

When it issues a prohibition pursuant to the provisions of Article 706-136, the investigating chamber or the trial court may order, either in its decision or in a subsequent decision, that the declara…

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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 D47-30

Where the person in respect of whom one or more of the measures provided for in Article 706-136 is involuntarily hospitalised, either pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 3213-1 of the Public Heal…

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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 D47-31

…the public prosecutor shall notify the automated national criminal records department of judgments and rulings declaring that a person is not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder hand…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-3

…the sentence enforcement court shall be that of the judicial court of the seat of the court of appeal.COURS D'APPELJUDICIAL COURTS seats of the sentence enforcement courts of these courtsBordeauxBerg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Labour Advisory Commission

Article D2621-3

The Labour Advisory Commission referred to in article L. 2621-2 may be asked by the State representative to give an opinion on all matters concerning labour, employment and vocational training.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-37

…members appointed for a term of four years, including all the presidents of the regional companies and the elected statutory auditors. Half of the members are statutory auditors who perform one or mo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-38

…acant before the normal date of renewal, it shall be filled within three months by the best-placed candidate on the same list at the end of the ballot, if necessary using candidates from the reserve m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-39

…embers of the National Council elected within the two colleges are replaced by the first available candidate from the same list who is best placed at the end of the ballot. In the event of absence or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-36

The Conseil national des commissaires aux comptes is based in Paris.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-3

…es of the Ile-de-France region, elected from among their members, seventeen by the regional council and three by the regional economic, social and environmental council;2° Four persons qualified in th…

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