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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4126-8-1

…d applications, normally falling within their respective territorial jurisdiction, each of the presidents concerned shall refer the matter to the president of the national disciplinary chamber and sen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-1

A person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision in accordance with the terms of articles 131-36-1 to 131-36-8 of the Penal Code is placed under the control of the sentence enforcement judge in whose…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-70

…with the exception of applications for additional investment where an initial investment has been made under the second sentence of 4° of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 724

Persons remanded in custody or sentenced to a custodial sentence shall be booked and detained in prisons under the conditions laid down in the provisions of the Prison Code..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-2

1° The State's administrative and financial supervision of CCI France is exercised by the minister responsible for the supervision of chambers of commerce and industry; 2° The supervision of regional…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-40-3

The sentence enforcement judge may suspend the execution of all or part of the obligations of judicial supervision, including those resulting from placement under mobile electronic surveillance, for m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-12

When the closing of the local authority's accounts shows a deficit in the implementation of the budget, after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-12

When the closing of the local authority's accounts shows a deficit in the implementation of the budget, after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-36

…f-employed activity on French territory are registered. The following are thus registered, on their declarations: 1° The persons mentioned in 1° to 6° of I of article L. 123-1 ; 2° The commercial agen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17

…e 706-16, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Arti…

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