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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-5

The commission provided for in Article 28-2, the assent of which is required for the designation of tax officials in categories A and B authorised to carry out judicial investigations at the request o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-19

The committee referred to in I of Article 28-3 shall comprise: 1° The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first advocates general or advocates gene…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed agreement

Article R15-33-60-2

When the Public Prosecutor wishes to propose the conclusion of a judicial public interest agreement, he shall indicate to the accused legal entity the possibility of being assisted by a lawyer. Except…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55-2

…composition pénale includes a ban on issuing cheques or using a payment card as provided for in 8° of article 41-2, the offender shall hand over to the court clerk or to the person designated by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Sale of seized movable property

Article R15-33-66-2

Moveable assets placed in the hands of the law are handed over, with the authorisation of the public prosecutor, to the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets, which p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requisitioning and seizures

Article D15-5-1-2

When property liable to confiscation has been seized pursuant to the provisions of this Code, the person concerned shall be informed either during the search or during a subsequent hearing, provided t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-1-1

The deferred committal order issued by the criminal court pursuant to 3° of I or III of Article 464-2 shall immediately be signed by the president of the criminal court at the end of the hearing and a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and referral to the criminal court

Article D45-2-1 bis

If justified in the interests of the proper administration of justice, the president of the judicial court may decide that a hearing of the correctional court that is held in public pursuant to Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-2

I. - If, at the end of the period provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 563-1, the operator has not complied with the formal notice given to it to cease the unlawful activity of online ga…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Contribution levied in respect of the participation of employers in the construction effort and the participation of agricultural employers in the construction effort

Article 235 bis

1. The rules concerning the contribution collected in respect of the participation of employers in the construction effort are defined in articles

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