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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 176

The examining magistrate examines whether there are any charges against the person under investigation that constitute an offence, the legal classification of which he or she determines.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177

If the investigating judge considers that the facts do not constitute a felony, misdemeanour or contravention, or if the perpetrator has remained unknown, or if there are insufficient charges against…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179

If the judge considers that the facts constitute an offence, he or she shall, by order, refer the case to the criminal court. This order shall specify, if applicable, that the accused benefits from th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

…e 81, Articles 82-1 and 82-3, the first paragraph of Article 156 and the third paragraph of Article 173, provided that they are not inadmissible pursuant to Articles 82-3 and 173-1. On expiry of the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 178

If the judge considers that the facts constitute a contravention, he or she will, by order, refer the case to the police court.Once it has become final, this order will cover any procedural defects.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…cept in the cases provided for in IV of Article L. 133-8, I of Article L. 133-10 and Article L. 133-21. The charges referred to in the aforementioned articles are then agreed between the payment servi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-26

…ormance studies falling into one of the categories mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5126-7 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Chargeable event and chargeability

Article 269

…of services has not been terminated ;ad) For the supplies and transfers referred to in I of article 262 ter carried out continuously over a period of more than one calendar month, at the end of each c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

…habitual residence;b bis. (Repealed);b ter. For the transactions referred to in e of 1° of Article 261 C which have been the subject of the option provided for in Article 260 B, by the amount of prof…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-21

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor informs the administrative department without delay of the decision to discontinue proceedings, except in cases where this decision is based on the premi…

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