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

Article 706-133

…1 of the Penal Code are applicable, the criminal court shall render a judgment declaring the person not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder by which: 1° It declares that the person co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-45

…following a public adversarial debate pursuant to Article 712-6. If this first request is refused, another request may only be made one year after the refusal. The same applies to any subsequent reque…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-3

…th of the sentence being served. The purpose of this leave is to prepare for the convicted person's professional or social reintegration, to maintain family ties or to enable them to fulfil an obligat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-49

…mit a new request to the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, submitting another decision or the same decision with different reasons or based on new elements, or, within ten…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-24

…reach its decision by reasoned decision.The decision is signed by the chairman of the panel. It is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered against receipt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-39

…heir alternates are appointed by decree for a term of five years, renewable once. They are bound by professional secrecy.III. - The Commission decides by a majority of the members present. In the even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article L4222-4

…Association either grants entry on the roll or, if the guarantees of competence, good character and professional independence or the conditions provided for by law are not met, refuses entry by a reas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-7

…akes it lawful to practise the profession in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. If the professional residence is transferred outside the territory, the person concerned must, at the time…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-14

…he court may decide that assets that it considers essential to the continuation of the business may not be disposed of, for a period that it fixes, without its authorisation. The duration of the inali…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6-1

In communities covered by Article 73 of the Constitution and the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and in accordance with Article 349 of the Treat…

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