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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

I.-Magistrates shall have access to all data, information and communications content recorded in the processing system, for the purposes of the proceedings brought before them. II.For the purposes of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…posed on him, the sentence enforcement judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-8 of this code, modify or supplement t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-4

…h a certificate of registration in the register and, where the owner is one of the persons referred to in 2° of article L. 223-2, provides the owner with its most recent annual financial statements, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-4

In the report referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 621-18-3, the AMF shall report on the application of Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-6 and may approve any recommendat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public health and environmental whistleblowing

Article L4133-4

The social and economic committee is informed of alerts sent to the employer in application of articles L. 4133-1 and L. 4133-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 4-1

…Article 121-3 of the Criminal Code does not prevent an action being brought before the civil courts to obtain compensation for damage on the basis of article 1241 of the Civil Code if the existence of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4

…ed under the conditions provided for in Article 63-3-1 may communicate with the person in police custody under conditions that guarantee the confidentiality of the interview. The duration of the inter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6242-4

The State representative may suspend the application of the agreement provided for in Article D. 6242-3 when it observes serious deterioration in the operation of the teletransmission system or is pre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Petroleum products

Article 298

…1 bis. The suspensive tax regime provided for in a of 2° of I of Article 277 A of this code applies to petroleum products placed under a suspension of excise duty, under the conditions provided for in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules.

Article 382

1. Customs judgements and rulings may be enforced by any legal means. 2. Articles 749 to 762 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are also applicable to fines and value confiscation ordered for customs o…

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