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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-7

I.-The Autorité des marchés financiers may suspend the marketing or sale of financial instruments, units mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-74

The Minister of Justice will make a decision as soon as possible and no later than one week after receipt of the request for transit. Where a translation of the certificate is requested, this period s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-73

…of Justice cannot guarantee that the sentenced person will not be prosecuted, detained or subjected to any other restriction of his or her personal freedom on French territory, for acts or convictions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-71

The Minister of Justice authorises the transit through French territory of persons transferred from the sentencing State to the executing State.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-72

The request for transit shall be accompanied by the certificate referred to in Article 728-12 drawn up by the competent authority of the convicting State. The Minister of Justice may request a French…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-75

…erson may only be held in detention for the time strictly necessary for transit through French territory.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-76

This section applies in the event of an accidental landing on national territory during the transfer.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

When brought before the criminal courts, a civil action relating to an offence that constitutes an act of terrorism may only have as its object the initiation of public proceedings or the support of s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-1

When the information gathered while a person is in police custody reveals that he or she is the subject of a legal protection measure, the judicial police officer or agent shall notify the curator or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-1

Prior to any decision resulting in the temporary or permanent cessation of imprisonment of a person sentenced to a custodial sentence before the expiry date of that sentence, the sentence enforcement…

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