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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-20

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3115-28

The officials mentioned in Article L. 3115-1 may prescribe, within their area of competence, any measures aimed at eliminating the sources of infection or contamination that they observe. The correcti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-26

I. - The presentation of the accounts is subject to the approval of the principal's authorising officer. The principal's authorising officer shall give the order to pay or recover to his public accoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-283

…Association in application of this Code of Deontology. Decisions taken by the departmental councils may be reformed or annulled by the national council either ex officio or at the request of the inter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-94

…asures which are based on a decision, order, judgment or ruling which has been transmitted for enforcement to another Member State pursuant to articles 696-48 to 696-65 or articles 764-1 to 764-17 may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-96

…of that measure to another Member State, known as the supervising State, pursuant to the articles 696-48 to 696-65 or of the articles 764-1 to 764-17, where this transfer has given rise to the adopti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-92

The public prosecutor checks whether the decision establishing the protective measure was adopted in an adversarial procedure. If this is not the case, the public prosecutor notifies the offender of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-91

A European protection order may be issued by the public prosecutor at the request of the victim or the victim's legal representative. The victim shall be informed of this right when one of the prohibi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-93

…into account in particular the length of time the victim intends to stay in the executing State. He may carry out or arrange for any further investigations he deems useful.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-95

The public prosecutor shall transmit the European protection order to the competent authority of the executing State by any means that leaves a written record and under conditions that enable the addr…

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