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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

I. - For the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 7° bis of Article L. 561-2, the obligations laid down in I and III of Article L. 561-5 and in Article L. 561-5-1 may be implemented by a third party in e…

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

Article 706-16

…ions also apply to the prosecution, investigation and trial of the offences provided for in Article 706-25-7 of this Code.Section 1 of this Title shall also apply to the prosecution, investigation and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-3

…suant to the second paragraph of Article 221-3, the last paragraph of article 221-4 and article 421-7 of the Penal Code. When the convicted person is serving several sentences with a security period a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 723-5

…mployed to carry out the project concerned will be taken into account;6° Overheads up to a limit of 7% of the expenditure mentioned in 1° to 5°.Eligible expenditure may be incurred either directly by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-7

…rticle R. 66-1 relating to the counting of votes in polling stations equipped with a voting machine;7° Article R. 68 relating to the documents to be attached to the minutes and the destruction of othe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-7

…ticle R. 66-1 relating to the counting of votes in polling stations equipped with a voting machine; 7° Article R. 68 relating to the documents to be attached to the minutes and the destruction of othe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7

…hich is specified, where applicable, by the cartographic documents provided for in articles L. 4433-7-1 and L. 4433-7-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-9

…1106-9,1234-8 and 1234-20 of the Rural Code;benefits listed in II of Article 1 of Ordinance no. 59-76 of 7 January 1959 relating to actions for civil damages by the State and certain other public per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-9

…d, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend the adversarial hearing provided for by the articles 712-6 or 712-7, the sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court may rule in his abs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-68

…the liberty and custody judge, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7, his release or the lifting of judicial supervision or house arrest with electronic surveillance.…

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