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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 365

The adopted person and his or her descendants have, in the adopter's family, the succession rights provided for in Chapter III of Title I of Book III.The adopted person and his or her descendants do n…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414-1

…ana either without an itemised declaration or under cover of an itemised declaration not applicable to the goods presented, or by concealing the goods from inspection by the customs service; 2° Holdin…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 415-1

For the purposes of Article 415, the funds or digital assets referred to inArticle L. 54-10-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code are presumed to be the direct or indirect proceeds of one of the offenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-43

…ent judicial authorities within sixty days of the arrest of the requested person, the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction shall immediately inform the judicial authority of the issuing Mem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-42

…e person, whether for the same act or for different acts, the choice of the European arrest warrant to be executed shall be made by the investigating chamber, where appropriate, after consulting Euroj…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-41

…e wanted person, the Investigating Chamber shall order the surrender of the objects seized pursuant to 1° and 2°, where applicable, after ruling on a challenge made pursuant to the provisions of the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…rson has appeared shall hear any request from the competent authorities of the issuing Member State to consent to prosecution or to the enforcement of a sentence or detention order imposed for offence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-44

…nt has been issued for the purposes of criminal proceedings, the Investigating Chamber shall accede to any request for a hearing of the requested person made by the judicial authority of the issuing M…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

The investigating chamber may also, where this is possible and the person sought consents, agree to the temporary transfer of the latter in accordance with the forms provided for in the articles 695-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-318

…e L. 123-52, the following authorities, administrations, legal entities and professions have access to all the information contained in the National Register of Companies, in order to carry out their…

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