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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-78

The contract includes: 1° The information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74; 2° Where applicable, changes made to the same information in accordance with the provisions of article L. 224-7…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-75

…ader shall provide the consumer free of charge with the information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74, using forms specific to each of the contracts cited in articles L. 224-69 and L. 224-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 733

…in the articles 712-6 ou 712-7. The same applies when the parole decision has not yet been executed and the convicted person no longer meets the legal conditions to benefit from it. If the sentenced p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723

…f the Penal Code. A decree determines the conditions under which these various measures are granted and applied.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-1

The powers conferred on the investigating judge by Articles 139 and 140shall, in any event, fall within the jurisdiction of the competent court according to the distinctions of Article 148-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-1

The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, with the consent of the person under investigation, order, or decide, that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-1

…he victim pursuant to the provisions of 9° of l'article 138, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge shall send the victim a notice informing him or her of this measure; if the victim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 775

…exemption from educational measures or a declaration of educational success, criminal compositions and educational measures pronounced at the sanction stage with regard to a minor; 2° Convictions who…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 776

The bulletin n° 2 of the criminal record is issued:1° To prefects and State public administrations dealing with applications for the duties of a commercial court judge, applications for public employm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 792

The public prosecutor shall be issued with:1° A copy of the sentencing judgments;2° An extract from the register of places of detention where the sentence was served stating the convicted person's con…

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