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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-5-1

…y the primary health insurance fund within whose jurisdiction the practitioner practises has become final within the meaning of the contractual procedure, all avenues of appeal having been exhausted,…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 7

…ocation. (5) In particular, with regard to the provisions of article L. 2253-7 or article L. 4211-1 al. 10 of the general code for local authorities.732. Advance guarantee 1. Decision of the deliberat…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

…of Article L. 212-1 with the exception of its fourth paragraph, by a court decision that has become final with regard to it. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-5

…artment, regardless of the sale price actually retained.Subject to court decisions that have become final, agreements entered into prior to the promulgation of the loi n° 2000-1208 du 13 décembre 2000…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-24

…expenditure incurred in the preparation, direction and post-production of the work, establishes its final cost and indicates the means of financing it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…11-2, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the administration in writing of a conviction, even if not final, for one or more of the offences mentioned in II of this article, handed down against a person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-32

…ot fulfilled; 4° The conviction relates to offences for which the convicted person has already been finally judged by the French courts or by the courts of a State other than the convicting State, pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors

Article L511-39

…al meeting, the special report of the statutory auditors is submitted to the Board of Directors for final approval.Where these credit institutions or finance companies are exempt from the certificatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

…he event of a repeat breach within two years of the date on which the first penalty decision became final.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

…been subject for less than fifteen years from the day on which the decision pronouncing them became final, to personal bankruptcy or one of the prohibition or disqualification measures as provided for…

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