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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-8-7

Pre-trial detainees exercise their right to maintain links with the outside world under the supervision of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-7

The judicial authorities, solely for the purposes of the proceedings for which they are responsible, may query the file via a secure electronic communication system on the basis of the following crite…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-7

The application for approval shall be sent, if possible by electronic means, to the department for access to law and justice and victim support of the general secretariat of the Ministry of Justice.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-7

The online complaints service provides the victim, in a printable format, with a receipt for the complaint as well as a copy of the report of receipt of the complaint, which is signed, in accordance w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-4-7

Where the person under investigation, for acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a judicial court in which there is no investigating division, by the investigating judge of a court in which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-7

The examining magistrate or the judicial police officer appointed by him or authorised by the public prosecutor may, with a view to installing and removing the technical means referred to in Article 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-5-7

…r she is the subject of a legal protection measure, in order to implement the provisions of Article 706-112-1 and Article D. 47-14. The same applies in the event of the detention of a person pursuant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-7

The person against whom a warrant of committal with deferred effect has been issued shall be informed that if he or she fails, except on legitimate grounds or, in the absence of provisional execution,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European Investigation Order by the French judicial authorities

Article D47-1-7

For the application of articles 694-25 and 694-26, the practical arrangements for the temporary transfer or transit of a person, including, where appropriate, details of the conditions of detention in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7

For the purpose of calculating the percentage of voting rights held by the AIF, account is taken, in addition to the voting rights held directly by the AIF, of the voting rights of an undertaking whic…

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