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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 745

Where the person sentenced to a term of imprisonment suspended on probation must comply with the obligation to refrain from appearing in a specially designated place or area, in order to avoid contact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 746

The suspension of sentence does not extend to the payment of damages. Nor does it extend to the incapacities, prohibitions and disqualifications resulting from the conviction. However, such incapaciti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 739

When a conviction is accompanied by a probationary suspension, the sentenced person is placed under the supervision of the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 747

The provisions relating to the effects of the probationary suspension are set out in articles 132-52 and 132-53 of the Penal Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VI: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide Community services

Article A362-1

…ability, a certificate of membership of the national insurance bureau referred to in article L. 421-15 of this code and of the Fonds national de garantie contre les accidents de circulation ; g) A cer…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VI: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide Community services

Article A362-2

…liability, a declaration of membership of the national insurance bureau mentioned in article L. 421-15 and of the Fonds national de garantie contre les accidents de circulation, as well as the name an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisitive prescription.

Article 2258

Acquisitive prescription is a means of acquiring property or a right by the effect of possession without the person alleging it being obliged to produce a title to it or being able to rely on the exce…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisitive prescription.

Article 2259

The articles 2221 and 2222, and Chapters III and IV of Title XX of this book subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Autonomous guarantee

Article 2321

The autonomous guarantee is the undertaking by which the guarantor undertakes, in consideration of an obligation entered into by a third party, to pay a sum either on first demand or in accordance wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seniority requirements

Article L3342-1

…for in the first paragraph, automatically replaces, as from the date of publication of law no. 2001-152 of 19 February 2001 on employee savings, any higher maximum seniority condition appearing in the…

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