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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-8

…ugh diplomatic channels and accompanied either by a judgment or a sentence, even in absentia, or an act of criminal procedure formally decreeing or operating ipso jure the transfer of the person prose…

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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

Any natural person who has suffered loss as a result of acts, whether intentional or not, committed abroad, which are likely to fall within the jurisdiction of a criminal court having, pursuant to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable before the criminal court

Article 706-133

…ly responsible on account of mental disorder by which: 1° It declares that the person committed the acts of which he or she was accused; 2° It declares the person not criminally responsible on the gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguarding, receivership and compulsory liquidation

Article L513-18

The provisions of Article L. 632-2 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to contracts entered into by or with a société de crédit foncier, or to legal acts performed by or for the benefit of a so…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article L4061-6

Military health professionals attached to a foreign army who do not meet the conditions for practising in France as determined by this Part may only perform on French territory the acts of their profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L4051-1

The health professionals mentioned in this part who do not fulfil the conditions for practising in France and who accompany foreign sports delegations may only perform the acts of their profession on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-10-1

…bid with a view to obtaining control of the company that is the subject of the bid are deemed to be acting in concert. Persons who have entered into an agreement with the company that is the subject o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3221-10

The chairman of the departmental council may perform all conservatory acts and acts interrupting forfeiture. He may always, as a precautionary measure, accept gifts and legacies. The decision of the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-336

In order to be recruited as a contract practitioner, the candidate must: 1° Meet the legal conditions for practising the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or pharmacist in France and: a) Either mee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-6

…e of Aircraft, done at Beijing on 10 September 2010, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed in Montreal on 23 September 1971, and the Conventi…

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