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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-11

Following notification of the extradition request, if he decides not to release the person claimed, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or to the judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Seizure of assets

Article 706-148

…ment, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the seizure, at the advanced expense of the Treasury, of the property for which confiscatio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L762-1

…ns are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L763-1

…isions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-6

…10 of Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 has been excluded from the application of an internal bail-in measure implemented purs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

Article R15-25

…created on an experimental basis in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 15-26. The decree or order issued for this purpose sets the duration of the experiment, which may not exceed ei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-22

…he director general of the regional health agency under the conditions laid down in article D. 1332-21.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to the use of counterfoil receipt books

Article A37-23

…ontain a reminder of the laws and regulations applicable to the offences mentioned in Article A. 37-21. The fronts of leaflets nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 contain identical information by duplication effect. Sl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-19

…eeding the compensation ceiling relating to the applicable guarantee mechanism, does not have to be declared to the creditors' representative. For claims that are entirely excluded from its scope of i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-25

…ntification of a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes;20° Hospitalisation at home ;21° Interventional radiology.

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