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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-7

The decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable as follows: 1° Decisions relating to the matters listed in 2°, 5°, 7° to 11° and 14° to 17° of article L. 6431-6 are enforceable by operation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-73

The Board of Directors of the Fresnes National Public Health Establishment, which is intended exclusively for prisoners, comprises : 1° As chairman, a Conseiller d'Etat or a senior judge of the Cour d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Discipline and security in prisons

Article D281

In accordance with the provisions of Article 40 of this code and the article D. 214-27 of the Penitentiary Code, the public prosecutor is informed directly and without delay by the head of the establi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L732-7

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L733-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 795 A

Free transfer duties are waived on immovable property by nature or purpose that is, for the most part, classified or listed as a historic monument, as well as movable property that is a historical or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A

I. - For the purposes of calculating free transfer duties, in the event of a gift in full ownership of a craft business, a business, an agricultural business or the customer base of a sole proprietors…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-71

The provisions of article R. 123-66 do not apply:1° To the updating of references made, in the main registration, to secondary registrations: in this case, the corrective entry is made automatically b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article D66

The prison administration shall ensure that the right of detainees to freely choose their means of defence and their defence counsel is respected under the conditions determined by articles R. 122-14…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D19

In cases where it appears necessary to submit to a psychiatric examination an accused person who has been the subject of an investigation or examination mentioned in article D. 16, the personality fil…

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