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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…for in article 222-26-1 of the same code; 4° Sexual assault offences provided for in articles 222-27 à 222-33 du même code; 5° Délits et crimes de traite des êtres humains à l'égard d'un mineur prévu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-7

…ne the preventive recovery plan pursuant to Article L. 613-36 or, where applicable, Article L. 613-37 ; 2° Refer the matter to the authority responsible for supervision on a consolidated basis so that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-62

…capital and voting rights or the composition of the governing bodies provided for in Article L. 811-7 or Article L. 812-5 or, for a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, in article L. 811-7-1-A or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-2

…perpetrators of terrorist offences who has failed to comply with the obligations set out in Article 706-25-7;5° Person entered in the automated national judicial file for perpetrators of sexual or vio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-7

…Article L. 5141-10 of this Code or the parallel trade authorisation referred to in Article L. 5142-7-1 is subject, prior to its importation into the national customs territory, to an import authorisa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-40-6

The presidents of the departmental councils, the presidents of the regional councils and the president of the executive council of Corsica shall transmit each year, before 31 March, to the education a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-9

…d, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend the adversarial hearing provided for by the articles 712-6 or 712-7, the sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court may rule in his abs…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-11

…on; 6° Production of foreign-language or bilingual French and foreign-language demonstration tapes; 7° Design, production and distribution of promotional material, including in electronic form. The ed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-72

…of administration; 5° The expiry date in plain language (month, year); 6° The pharmaceutical form; 7° The capacity of the sales model; 8° Special storage precautions, if any; 9° Target species; 10° A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

…and tissues of animal origin that are neither medical devices nor intended for medicinal products; 7° Products, other than medicinal products, composed in whole or in part of genetically modified org…

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