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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.

Article D823-7-1

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 441-14, the statutory auditors shall certify, in the report mentioned in Article R. 823-7, of the fairness of the information referred to in A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships

Article 706-109

…ning magistrate and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court referred to in article 706-107 exercise, throughout the area of jurisdiction determined pursuant to this article, concurren…

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

Article R5121-76-11

…ealthcare professionals concerned must not constitute advertising within the meaning of Article L. 5122-1. These measures are subject to the prior opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-7

…e Institute's accounts are kept in accordance with the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of Ar…

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

Article 721-1-3

…ed and they are subject to more than one of the sentence reduction schemes provided for in articles 721,721-1-1 and 721-1-2, the regime that applies is that of the longest penalty incurred or, in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71-1

…e ministers responsible for health and social security and, for the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12, to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-7

In order to be designated to carry out certain judicial police missions, tax service agents must provide proof of at least two years' actual service in their corps as a category A or B permanent agent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-13

…nfiscation order and certificate shall be sent in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 713-4 or sent to the public prosecutor at the criminal court with territorial jurisdiction, either d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-14

The public prosecutor, with his opinion, refers the request for recognition and enforcement of the confiscation order to the criminal court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-18

As soon as the reason for the stay of proceedings no longer exists, the criminal court will rule on the enforcement of the confiscation order. The public prosecutor shall inform the competent authorit…

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