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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

…se, by a decision not subject to appeal, to the civil court having jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, which shall examine it as a matter of urgency in acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-2

…nature of an offence and meet the conditions laid down in Article 706-3 of this Code or in article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code, obtain financial assistance from the Fonds de garantie des victimes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-240-7

…ch retains the assets whose disposal would not be in the interests of investors pursuant to Article L. 214-190-3-1, and the new specialised finance fund have the same portfolio management company, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-7

…ithin a hybrid group, in accordance with the Order mentioned in the last paragraph of II of Article L. 5125-23 of the Public Health Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-2

…of the military deployed on national territory as part of the requisitions provided for in article L. 1321-1 du code de la défense, an official of the national police, customs or prison administratio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-1

…dered, the attending physician may prescribe libido inhibiting treatment in accordance with Article L. 3711-3 of the Public Health Code. Persons prosecuted for one of the offences mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-7

…nvironment Code and the following conditions: 1° The financial contribution provided for in article L. 541-10-2 of the Environment Code is divided according to a ratio determined by order of the Minis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-6

…curité du médicament et des produits de santé makes use of the derogation mentioned in V of article L. 5121-12-1, the compassionate prescription framework is accompanied by a protocol for therapeutic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-2

The civil court with jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire may conduct or arrange for the conduct of any useful hearings and investigations, without being…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-10

…failing that, to the employees themselves; or2° Include in the annual report referred to in Article L. 214-24-19 the information referred to in Article D. 214-32-7-11 relating to the company concerned…

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