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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVIII : Proceedings and decisions on lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder

Article D47-37

…n requests that the obligation to provide care be modified or lifted, the liberty and custody judge may only give a ruling after receiving the opinion of the sentence enforcement judge following the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVIII : Proceedings and decisions on lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder

Article D47-36

The sentence enforcement judge of the jurisdiction in which the person subject to an obligation of care under article 706-136-1 at his habitual residence, assisted by the prison integration and probat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVIII : Proceedings and decisions on lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder

Article D47-35

…ne psychiatric assessment ordered by the sentence enforcement judge. The sentence enforcement judge may, however, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, state by order or reasoned judgement that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Powers which may be transferred to a grouping by decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency

Article R6133-30

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall determine the competences transferred to a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire created under the conditions laid down in Article L. 6131-2 from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 bis

The persons mentioned in 2° of I of article 256 bis must declare that they are making intra-Community acquisitions of goods as soon as they no longer meet the conditions that allowed them not to be su…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions under which the purchaser may reject the subcontractor proposed by the contractor

Article R2393-21

For the purposes of Article L. 2393-8, the capabilities of subcontractors are assessed in particular with regard to the security of information, the security of supplies or the ability to perform the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions under which the purchaser may reject the subcontractor proposed by the contractor

Article R2393-22

Where the purchaser rejects a subcontractor, it shall provide the tenderer or holder with a written justification stating the reasons for the rejection.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-2

…és financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain asp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-191

…jury for the technical test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modifiedorder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the national ski instructor diploma in alpine skiing. The…

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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 D147-32

At the beginning of each month, the prison registry sends the public prosecutor a copy of the criminal record of persons sentenced to a custodial sentence of seven years or more, or, if the person has…

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