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

Article 63-4-5

If the victim is confronted with a person in police custody, they may also ask to be assisted by a lawyer chosen by them or by their legal representative if they are a minor or, at their request, appo…

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

Article 63-4-4

…ssions with the person he is assisting or the information he has obtained by consulting the minutes and attending the hearings and confrontations.

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

Article 60-1-1

…2, when the requisitions provided for in Article 60-1 relate to connection data issued by a lawyer and linked to the use of an electronic communications network or service, whether traffic data or lo…

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

Article 60-1-2

…ting to the terminal equipment used mentioned in 3° of II bis of article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code or the traffic and location data mentioned in III of the same art…

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

Article 63-4-1

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

Article 63-4-2

The person in police custody may request that the lawyer be present at his or her hearings and confrontations. In this case, the first hearing, unless it relates solely to identity details, may not be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-6-1

The mayor may, up to a limit of twice a year, make the access of persons to certain roads or to certain portions of roads or to certain sectors of the municipality subject to payment of a fee on the o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-6-1

Persons providing information by canvassing or canvassing for veterinary medicinal products are required to satisfy qualification conditions defined by decree, which guarantee that they have sufficien…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-6-2

Notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article L. 5142-6-1, the following may also carry out the activities defined in the same first paragraph: 1° Persons who were engaged in such activities for at l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-6

If the ceilings are exceeded or if the targets set out in articles D. 6323-21-3 and D. 6323-21-4 are not achieved, the Minister responsible for vocational training, on a proposal from the regional pre…

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