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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-44

Where the European arrest warrant has been issued for the purposes of criminal proceedings, the Investigating Chamber shall accede to any request for a hearing of the requested person made by the judi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

The investigating chamber may also, where this is possible and the person sought consents, agree to the temporary transfer of the latter in accordance with the forms provided for in the articles 695-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-28-1

For the examination of requests for the execution of a European arrest warrant concerning the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-26

If the requested person is in a known place on national territory, the arrest warrant issued by a Member State of the European Union or a State linked to the European Union by an agreement mentioned i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-1

…g place on national territory or, under the conditions set out in the seventh paragraph of Article 913-6, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union, and resumed or begun on or aft…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Responsibilities

Article R1233-25-3

…provided for in Articles 57 to 59, 61 to 71, 73 and 74 of the above-mentioned Decree of 20 November 2020.It also exercises the powers of the social and economic committee provided for in the second an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article L773-40

…rom L. 54-10-1 and L. 54-10-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 54-10-3 to L. 54-10-5Ordinance no. 2020-1544 of 9 December 2020 II.For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article L774-40

…om L. 54-10-1 and L. 54-10-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 54-10-3 to L. 54-10-5 Ordinance no. 2020-1544 of 9 December 2020 II.For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-17

…image of fingerprints, are read by the processing mentioned in Article 1 of Decree No. 2019-452 of 13 May 2019 authorising the creation of an electronic means of identification called "Certified onli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L785-9

…er no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-18-2 law no. 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-18-3 Order no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 621-18-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-18-6 law no. 2013-…

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