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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-75

I. - If the fund rules provide for capital to be called up in stages, it shall be paid up by the unitholders at the request of the management company before the end of the lock-up period provided for…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-7

The chairman of the commission and his deputy or deputies are appointed by order of the Minister of Justice. In the case of administrative judges, the appointment is made on the recommendation of the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-77

In the interests of the service, a practitioner who is the subject of disciplinary proceedings may be immediately suspended by the Director General of the Centre national de gestion des praticiens hos…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-7

…ute Autorité de santé informs the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie, as well as the caisse primaire d'assurance maladie in the area in which the doctor practises, of the application for accredit…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-1

When instructing criminal investigation officers to carry out a preliminary investigation, the public prosecutor sets the time limit within which this investigation must be carried out. He may extend…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-7

Minors may be asked to take part in the research referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1 only if research of comparable effectiveness cannot be carried out on adults and under the following condi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-70

…Article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Common provisions

Article R532-7

Provisional publicity preserves the security interest for three years. It may be renewed for the same period. Renewal is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 61 et seq. of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-7

The technical specifications may not mention a particular manufacturing method or process or a specific provenance or origin, or refer to a trade mark, patent or type where such mention or reference i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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 713-22

Enforcement of a confiscation order may be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the confiscation order is based on criminal proceedings relating to offences committed in whole or in part withi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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