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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV - GEOLOCALISATION

Article R53-40

The request from the investigating judge provided for in the first paragraph of Article 230-40 shall specify the reasons why he considers that the conditions provided for by the provisions of that sam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R55-4

…iven, at the end of the hearing, if he so requests, a statement of criminal conviction enabling him to voluntarily pay the fixed procedural fees and, if applicable, the fine within one month to the ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-4

The Director General of the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets is a judge appointed by order of the Minister of Justice for a renewable term of three years. He is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-4

…ng on the public action, unless the state of the case does not allow the amount of the compensation to be determined. In criminal cases, this decision is given by the court ruling without the assistan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-4

The minutes of the acts carried out in execution of requisitions made pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 41 shall be returned directly to the instructing public prosecutor. When the case is re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R131-48

The certificate of non-payment provided for in article L. 131-73 must comply with a model set by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Economy. It must include all information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article R122-4

…ransit companies, shall comply with their obligations under Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 of 28 June 2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against coun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R131-47

…the absence or inadequacy of the funds in reserve, and where the funds in reserve are insufficient to allow payment, the drawee must draw up a notice for the payee stating the precise reason for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the General Council.

Article R142-4

…r of the General Council, other than the Governor, the Deputy Governors, the Vice-Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the General Councillor representing staff, shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-4

An owner of registered financial securities may instruct an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 to maintain his securities account with an issuer or to administer the entries appearing in the…

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