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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R7

…mmander of the national gendarmerie schools or his representative;5° Active or honorary magistrates;6° Senior officers of the national gendarmerie, no more than half of whom may be retired.The members…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-4

…2 of sub-section 3 of this section invested mainly in debt securities mentioned in 3° and 4° above; 6° Units or shares of securitisation undertakings or similar entities governed by foreign law, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body referred to in Article R. 1245-1, for therapeutic purposes

Article R1245-4

The legal entities or natural persons mentioned in article R. 1245-1 who procure, supply, import or export for therapeutic purposes, including research involving the human person within the meaning of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Issuing and enforcing financial penalties pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 24 February 2005

Article D48-9

…istered office of the convicted person and data enabling his/her assets or income to be identified; 6° The reasons for the financial penalty, a summary of the facts, the nature and legal classificatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-30

…he sworn official who recorded the offence; 5° The registration number and category of the vehicle; 6° The date, time and place of the offence and the facts recorded (motorway or road structure, direc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A53-1

The authorities competent to obtain a bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record pursuant to 6° of Article 776 are as follows: The Director General of Social Cohesion of the Ministry in charge of Social Af…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article R4437-2

…are applicable to Mayotte subject to the following reservations: 1° Pour l'application à Mayotte du 6° de l'article R. 4313-2, the reference to article L. 4332-8 is replaced by the reference to articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-17

I.-Payment of the allowance referred to in article L. 5131-6 and, where applicable, of the replacement income referred to in article L. 5421-1 may be stopped, in whole or in part, if the young person,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article R4424-6-1

…subject to an analysis of the results of its application no later than ten years after its approval;6° Includes a non-technical summary of the preceding elements and a description of how the assessmen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-61

The documentary opinion shall be drawn up in accordance with the following procedure: I.-When requested by the patent owner: 1. A draft is drawn up and notified to the patent proprietor. He shall be g…

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