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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 837

For the application of Article 398-1 in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The 2° is worded as follows: "2° The offences provided for by the locally applicable provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-75

The case is referred to the Disciplinary Board by the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion.The practitioner concerned must be notified at least two months in advance, by registered lette…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-76

The Disciplinary Board must reach a decision within four months of the date on which the matter was referred to it, this period being extended to six months if an additional investigation is carried o…

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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…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-78

A practitioner who has been the subject of a disciplinary penalty and who has not been excluded from the service may, after five years in the case of a warning or reprimand and ten years in the case o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-74

The disciplinary penalties applicable to practitioners covered by this section are :1° A warning ;2° a reprimand3° Reduction in seniority leading to a reduction in emoluments;4° Suspension for a perio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Information to be provided by the owner

Article 78

Whether it is a farm lease or a sharecropping lease, the owner is required, each time the lease is renewed or amended, to submit to the administration, within three months, a declaration indicating th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Agents appointed by agreement.

Article 813

The heirs may, by mutual agreement, entrust the administration of the estate to one of them or to a third party. The mandate is governed by articles 1984 to 2010. When at least one heir has accepted t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and offences is that provided for by this Code, subject to the provisions of this Title: 1° Crime…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-8 AND A. 713-11)

Article Annexe 7-2

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pd…

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