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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-40

…questing State. Property thus confiscated may be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Code du domaine de l'Etat. The costs of enforcing the confiscation order shall be deducted from the total…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-73

If the general meeting of bondholders of the company being acquired or divided has not approved, as the case may be, one of the proposals referred to in 3° and 6° of I of Article L. 228-65, the board…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2344-7

…been excluded pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 2344-6 to participate in the award procedure in the light of the accessibility criteria set out in the notice of the call for competition. A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-9

The public prosecutor at the court that has handed down a conviction or made a probation decision involving alternative sanctions or measures provided for in Articles 764-3 and 764-4 shall be competen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Professional inadequacy

Article R6156-70

…er by blood or marriage up to and including the fourth degree; 2° Any person who initiated the procedure; 3° The author of the investigation whose conclusions prompted the referral of the matter to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-6

…n on a consolidated basis or as the competent authority responsible for the supervision on an individual basis of an entity eligible for support, receives from the competent authority of the entity pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-6

Failing any other designation by law, contract or judge, payment must be made at the debtor's domicile.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-6

…icipal cooperation shall take place at the same time as those provided for by the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des services dép…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-62

…authorised health care organisation sends the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Director General of the Regional Health Agency an ann…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-7

…hstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the…

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