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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-21

…lectronic surveillance ordered pursuant to the provisions of articles 131-36-9 du code pénal or 723-29, 723-30, 731-1 and 763-3 of this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appointment in the event of compulsory retirement

Article R742-26

…2-23 to appoint as clerk of the new court a natural or legal person who, pursuant to article R. 742-29, is the clerk of each of the abolished courts.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-77

The sentenced person's individual file provided for by Article D. 49-29 is kept by the registry of the Paris enforcement judge. A copy of all or part of this file is kept by the registry of the compet…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-122-1

…approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that provided for in the first pa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-6

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall decide on the asylum application within the time limits laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 31 of Directive 2013/32/…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ombudsman

Article L754-10

Article L. 316-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013, subject to the addition in the second paragraph, after the words: "to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R613-9

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request from the authority responsible for supervision on a consolidated basis information concerning the implementation of approaches and meth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-5

Without prejudice to the application of Article 434-29 of the Penal Code, in the event of a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour committed intentionally during a temporary absence, the court may de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10-2

…e application of Section 8 of Chapter I of Title I of Book V, Articles II and III of Article L. 533-29 apply to credit institutions authorised to provide one or more of the investment services referre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…f 1st July 1992 Article L. 612-19 Order no. 2008-1301 of 11 December 2008 Article L. 612-20 Law no. 2005-842 of 26 July 2005 Articles L. 612-21 to L. 612-23 Law no. 92-597 of 1st July 1992 Article L.…

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