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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-7-1

A syndicate that has not carried out any activity for at least two years may be dissolved by order of the representative of the State in the department in which the syndicate has its registered office…

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

Article L72-101-7

…Assembly of Martinique about the management of multiannual commitments during the financial year.It may also specify the terms and conditions for carrying forward payment appropriations relating to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-7-1

…provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 4221-12. The skills consolidation pathways may be set up in public health establishments, private establishments of collective interest or priv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

…of the sentence enforcement judge has been convicted of a crime or an offence mentioned in article 706-47, this judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, order that a copy of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-2

…ree. After receiving the opinion of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, the appointing authority may withdraw the Director's appointment in the interests of the service and, if the Director is a me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-9

…et, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or revoke the compassionate prescribing framework. He may modify the compassionate presc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-9

…roduct to be marketed in accordance with the provisions of the marketing authorisation. This period may not exceed three months from the date of issue of the marketing authorisation. By way of derogat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17-2

For the trial of misdemeanours and felonies falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal may, on the recommendation of the Public Prosecutor, after cons…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-3

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that or those mentioned in Article 706-106-1 may, for offences covered by the same article 706-106-1, ex officio, on the proposal of the investigat…

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

Article L71-111-7

…sembly of French Guyana about the management of multi-year commitments during the financial year.It may also specify the terms and conditions for carrying forward payment appropriations relating to a…

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