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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals against police judgements

Article 547

…d with the Court of Appeal. This appeal is lodged within the time limits set out in articles 498 to 500. The appeal is heard and decided in the same way as appeals against criminal judgments. However,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article R341-5

…the mooring regulations mentioned in article R. 341-4 will be punishable by the fines laid down for 2nd class offences. In the event of a repeat offence, the fines laid down for 3rd class offences wil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 500-1

…e statement of appeal. A cross-appeal is an appeal lodged within the period provided for in article 500, as well as appeals lodged, following a previous appeal, within the time limits set out in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Students in medicine, dentistry, midwifery and pharmacy.

Article L6153-5

Students in the third cycle of medical studies may administer, as part of a training period and under the supervision of the training supervisor, vaccines, the list of which and, where applicable, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-5

The provisions of Title II of decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 on the codification and amendment of texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of dé…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-5

…onomic activities in the investment aid zones for small and medium-sized enterprises for the period 2022-2027 mentioned in Article 3 of Decree no. 2022-968 of 30 June 2022 on regional aid zones and in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-5

If, where France is the host Member State, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution considers that the activities of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking could jeopardise its financial…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-5

The application is admissible only ten years after the death of the disposing person or, in the case of successive applications, ten years after the judgment ordering the previous review. The person r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-5

The owner of the sports stadium must attach to the application for approval any document that the Prefect deems necessary to inform the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee and, wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-57

Each chamber represented at CCI France pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 711-15 designates from among its elected members a substitute called upon to replace, in the event of impediment,…

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