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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

When the European Public Prosecutor decides to refer the case to the national authorities pursuant to Article 34 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the Deputy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXI: Conservatory measures

Article 706-166

In the case of an investigation opened for one of the offences, punishable by three years' imprisonment or more, listed in the tittre Ier du livre III du code pénal, le juge des libertés et de la déte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-9

If the non-detained sentenced person, duly summoned to the address declared to the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he or she is placed, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-146

If it is not necessary to maintain the seizure of the property in due form, a creditor with an enforceable title establishing a liquid and payable claim may be authorised, under the conditions provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 732

The conditional release decision lays down the terms and conditions under which freedom is granted and maintained, as well as the nature and duration of the assistance and supervision measures. If it…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-12

The committee is made up of three members. It includes the expert mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 232-67-10 or the head of the athlete passport management unit when the latter has not ap…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-51

Full members of staff and non-full members of staff who have completed at least twelve months' service under contracts signed during the last two years on the date of the ballot and who are working in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-3

Where the marketing of exploitation rights for sporting events or competitions organised by a professional league is carried out by a commercial company created pursuant to the third paragraph of Arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-16 a (art. A322-82)

Conditions for teaching air diving in the natural environmentSURVEY AREASMINIMUM DIVER SKILLSSKILLSminimum of the person supervising the groupMAXIMUM NUMBERof the group(not including the person superv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-35-1

I.-Police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be published in the official register of the authority when they concern breaches of: 1° the rules intended to…

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