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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-27

Where the person claimed declares to the public prosecutor that he consents to his extradition, he shall appear before the investigating chamber within five working days of the date on which he was pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-2

The French government may hand over, at their request, to foreign governments, any person not of French nationality who, being the subject of proceedings brought in the name of the requesting state or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

Except where the provisions of this Title relating to the European arrest warrant apply, where a request for provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Conve…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-6

Any security or guarantee may be taken, registered, managed and enforced by a security agent, who acts in his own name for the benefit of the creditors of the secured obligation.The security agent is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-8

The terms and conditions under which victims filing a complaint electronically must identify themselves in a secure manner shall be specified by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-6

The distribution of free samples of labile blood products is prohibited. However, it is authorised for the plasmas mentioned in article L. 1223-3, outside areas accessible to the public on the occasio…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-6

For the application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-8

A doctor or midwife is never obliged to carry out a voluntary interruption of pregnancy, but must inform the person concerned without delay of her refusal and immediately inform her of the names of pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-8

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file is informed of this by the judicial authority either by personal notification, or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the las…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Adaptation to overseas France

Article R1413-89-2

In Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the first sentence of the last paragraph of article R. 1413-83 reads as follows: "The centre is a member of the territorial vigilance and support network mentioned in arti…

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