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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-2

…d person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or for the offence defined in article 227-4-2 of the same code, the competent judicia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article D6213-3

I. - Part Two of the General Code of Territorial Authorities is applicable to Saint-Barthélemy under the conditions set out in this article.II. - Book II is applicable to Saint-Barthélemy under the fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…f articles 495-17 to 495-24-1 or with the provisions of this section, terminate the fixed fine procedure and send this report, in dematerialised form, to the public prosecutor of the judicial court in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-65

When the import concerns plasma pastes or labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products, the authorisation referred to in Article D. 1221-58 is issued to the following organisa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-15

For the application of article L. 5217-10-12, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section:proceeds from the sale of a fixed as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article D47-6-16

…address of released convicts provided for in Article D. 49-22 ; 4° Les règles relatives à la tenue du débat contradictoire prévues à l'article D. 49-17; 5° The rules relating to the notification of d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…projects: 1° Articles R. 6323-10, R. 6323-10-1, R. 6323-10-2 and R. 6323-10-4 relating to the procedures for requesting leave, with the exception of the seniority ground mentioned in IV of article R.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-82

The procedures for applying the provisions of article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code and articles 713-42 to 713-44 of this Code, relating to the sentence of house arrest under electronic surveillance are t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-66

…import authorisation, the importer must certify, notwithstanding the provisions of g of Article D. 1221-61, that the samples of blood or its components, from which the product for which the import au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-37

…ation for authorisation after receiving the opinion of the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12. His decision is published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The commission iss…

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