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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D143-3

Permission to go out may be granted, on an ad hoc or regular basis, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays or non-working days to sentenced persons admitted to the semi-liberty regime or benefiting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-35

…thorisation, are public servants and employees made available pursuant to Article 13 of Decree no. 85-986 of 16 September 1985 relating to the special status of certain positions of State employees an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-34-1

I.-The transmission of information pursuant to the provisions of I of Article L. 561-28 and Articles L. 561-29-1 and L. 561-31 shall be signed by the Director, his deputy or department staff specially…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article R561-36-3

When, pursuant to I ofArticle L. 561-31-2, TRACFIN transmits information to Europol, it shall use secure electronic means of communication specified by order of the Minister for the Economy.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-33

…nement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins) department, provided for in Article L. 561-23, is attached to the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Budget and is responsib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article R561-36

I. - For the purposes of Article L. 561-24, the TRACFIN department shall notify the person designated under I of Article R. 561-23 in writing, directly and by any means, of its opposition to the execu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article R561-36-1

I. - The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall be informed directly, in writing and by any means likely to confer a date certain and to guarantee the security and conservation of this designat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article R561-37

I. - For the purposes of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 561-30-2, the TRACFIN department shall inform the person designated pursuant to I of Article R. 561-23 , in writing and by any means, of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article R561-36-2

When, pursuant to Article L. 561-29-2, TRACFIN sends a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 to a counterpart financial intelligence unit in a Member State, it uses a protected communicatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article R561-37-1

…records to ensure traceability of: 1° Requests for information that it sends, pursuant toArticle L. 561-27, to the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the officers and agents of the judicia…

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