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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

…after his surrender, the benefit of the specialty rule under the conditions provided for in Article 695-19 ; 3° Where the judicial authority of the executing Member State, which surrendered the person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-107

…fication by the issuing State of the European protection order, the conditions laid down in Article 696-90 are no longer fulfilled, or the information transmitted by that State is insufficient to enab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-10

…brought before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. The articles 63-1 to 63-7 are applicable during this period. After verifying the identity of the person claimed,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-1

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of article 628, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the Paris assize court exercise conc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64-1

Hearings of persons held in police custody for a crime, carried out on the premises of a police or gendarmerie service or unit carrying out a judicial police mission, shall be subject to audiovisual r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-8-2

I. - The income tax report provided for in Article L. 232-6 is presented using a model and machine-readable electronic return formats published by order of the Minister responsible for the economy. II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-2

…s or communauté d'agglomération are determined under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-6-1. Until the next general renewal of the municipal councils following the transformation into a co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-6

Home detention with electronic monitoring is decided by reasoned order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge, who rules after an adversarial hearing in accordance with Article 14…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-1

…ons shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-1

…ovisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the table below. Arti…

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