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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73-1

This Title, with the exception of Article 706-88, shall also apply to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following offences:1° Offence of swindling in an organised gang, provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-72-2 or 706-72-3 by which an examining magistrate decides to relinquish jurisdiction or by which the examining magistrate of the Paris Judicial Court decide…

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

Article 706-25-7

…ceiving information about the measures and obligations mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 706-25-8, and then every three months; 2° To declare any changes of address, within fifteen days at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-4

…Paris Juvenile Court declares that it does not have jurisdiction on the grounds set out in Article 706-72-3, it shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to take action as it sees fit; it may, after…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration

Article L512-78

After each partial renewal, the Board of Directors elects its Chairman and Vice-Chairman or Vice-Chairmen from among its members. Subject to the powers of the General Meeting as they result from the l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration

Article L512-79

The Director implements the decisions of the Board of Directors; he is vested with the powers necessary to ensure, within the framework of these decisions, the management of the Regional Mutual or Ass…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration

Article L512-76

…afarers in the merchant navy or licensed to operate fishing establishments in the public maritime domain.Directors who are legal entities must appoint a permanent representative when they are elected.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration

Article L512-77

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 612-40, the civil liability of directors towards the Regional Mutual or Union and towards third parties shall only arise in the event of a breach of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7-1

…y the sentence enforcement judge by a decision taken in accordance with the provisions of l'article 712-6. If the personality of the sentenced person or the means available justify it, the sentence en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

…ime of wilful bodily harm, kidnapping or unlawful confinement, or an offence referred to in Article 706-47 and for carrying out the procedures provided for in Articles 706-53-5 et 706-53-8 ;3° To pref…

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