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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 800-2

…criminal or civil offence compensation that it determines in respect of costs not paid by the State and incurred by that person. The same applies to a person held civilly liable in the event of a deci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-2

Any person who is brought before the investigating judge after being held in police custody or detained at the request of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge must appear the same d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 800-1

The costs of criminal, correctional and police justice shall be borne by the State and without recourse against the convicted person or the civil party, subject to the cases provided for in the last t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 879-1

…ice officers placed at the disposal of the State are assimilated, in accordance with the provisions and under the conditions laid down by these articles, to permanent civil servants in the command and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 802-2

…n who has been the subject of a search or domiciliary visit pursuant to the provisions of this Code and who has not been prosecuted before an investigating or trial court at the earliest six months af…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-4

…tation, detention or trial provided for in this code do not begin to run until the person has been handed over or returned to national territory.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-8

When the security agent acts for the benefit of the creditors of the secured obligation, he must expressly mention his capacity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for salaried employment.

Article L5221-8

The employer must check with the relevant local authorities that the foreign national holds the document authorising him/her to work in France, unless the foreign national is registered on the list of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Voluntary work.

Article L5425-8

…rk. This activity may not be carried out with a previous employer, nor replace salaried employment, and must remain compatible with the obligation to seek employment. Voluntary work is not considered…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article L5427-8

…Directors of the public body referred to in Article L. 5427-7 comprises an equal number of employee and employer representatives, appointed by the Minister for Employment on the recommendation of repr…

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