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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 664

When an accused person or defendant is being held in custody pursuant to a detention order or in execution of a conviction, the public prosecutor may, in the interests of the proper administration of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 662

…n may relinquish jurisdiction of any investigating or trial court and refer the hearing of the case to another court of the same order on grounds of legitimate suspicion.The motion for referral may be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 665

The transfer of a case from one court to another may be ordered on grounds of public security by the criminal division, but only at the request of the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation. Refe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 667

A judgment which has dismissed an application for committal on grounds of public safety, on the grounds set out in the first paragraph of Article 665-1, on the grounds of legitimate suspicion or in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 663

Where two investigating judges, belonging to the same court or to different courts, are simultaneously seised of related offences or different offences in respect of which the same person or the same…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 676

With regard to transfers and agreements subject to a condition precedent, the applicable tax regime and the taxable values are determined from the date on which the condition is fulfilled. However, wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article Annexe 6-1

I. - Environmental assessment tabulated by the debtorName of the operator:Company name: Name of the insolvency administrator: 1. Identification of the site City: Department: Usual designation of the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-6

…mercial summary proceedings and orders on petition.Procedure for companies in difficulty.Injunction to pay.Procedural time limits.Legal aid.IV. - Professional regulations for the commercial court cler…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Safety

Article R1331-61

In tourist accommodation, each accommodation unit has an independent door fitted with a security device, such as a lock or bolt.In the case of a collective entrance, access to the rooms is independent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-6

The freezing order and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, be transmitted directly by the judicial authority of the issuing State to the judicial authority of the…

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