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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

…lusion from the procurement procedure has been imposed for a different period; 2° Persons who, by a final court decision, have been subject to civil liability for less than five years for failure to c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-12

…ot invoke the second and third paragraphs of this article during the period of exclusion set by the final court decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Surrender of the wanted person

Article 695-37

…red to the judicial authority of the issuing State at the latest within ten days of the date of the final decision of the Investigating Chamber. If the wanted person is at liberty when the decision of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-4

…mes or offences, although committed outside the territory of the Republic, have been prosecuted and finally judged there; 5° When, according to the law of the requesting State or French law, the statu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-62

…tunity to do so, he or she has not left the national territory within forty-five days of his or her final release, or has voluntarily returned to it after leaving it; 2° The offence is not punishable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 733

…s not occurred before the expiry of the period provided for in the previous article, the release is final. In this case, the sentence is deemed to have been completed from the day of conditional relea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-12

…e executing State; 3° The date of the sentencing decision and the date on which the decision became final; 4° The reasons for forwarding the sentencing decision with regard to Article 728-11; 5° The d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-27

…attention of the management of the audited entity, who may make comments, which are included in the final report. In the event of an emergency or where it is otherwise necessary to take immediate acti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 nonies

…1. > They are deducted from the total amount of the planning permission. They are deducted from the final amount of development tax due. Where the amount of the chargeable sum is greater than the amou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-6

…n in charge of assessing the charges and resources transferred from the Rhône department estimates, finally, the amount of the metropolitan compensation grant suitable for correcting the effects of th…

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