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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 747-3

When the trial court postpones sentencing pursuant to article 132-63 of the Penal Code, the accused is placed under the supervision of the sentence enforcement judge in whose jurisdiction he or she re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to the digital health space and rights of the holder

Article R1111-36

The holder may decide to close their digital health space at any time, either directly or by submitting a request to the digital health space operator. From the date of closure, the data contained in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for admission to the profession and to other judicial and legal professions

Article R742-37

The clerk of a commercial court who wishes to benefit from the provisions of article R. 742-35 must send his application by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or hand it in against a r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-34

…ird paragraph of Article D. 49-18 and may be appealed under the conditions set out in Article D. 49-39, within twenty-four hours of its notification. The appeal is examined by the president of the enf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-37

In accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 723-30, judicial supervision includes the obligation to comply with the treatment order provided for by Article 131-36-4 of the Crimi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-36

…e thus registered, on their declarations: 1° The persons mentioned in 1° to 6° of I of article L. 123-1 ; 2° The commercial agents referred to in article L. 134-1; 3° Persons in the trades and crafts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L6471-3

…tance granted by the local authority to associations in the form of benefits in kind and subsidies; 3° A consolidated presentation of the results for the last known financial year of the local authori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-39

…e same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 549-1 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 549-2Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 549-3 to L. 549-10 Order no. 2016-827…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-36

The legal entity mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 444-2 responsible for managing the interprofessional fund for access to law and justice is a public limited company whose capital is he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Qualification of experts.

Article R5121-33

…ion in general or specialised toxicology attested by a diploma and sufficient practical experience; 3° For the expert pharmacologist: a general or specialised qualification attested by a diploma and s…

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