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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-28

…ion the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located, after collecting, where applicable, the observations of the examining magistrates and the pre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-29

…wn by the Minister of Justice. They shall include a detailed general assessment, as well as a numerical mark from 0 to 10 and an assessment of each of the following elements where they have been obser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A bis

…luding salaries, in consideration for artistic services provided or used in France, by a debtor who carries on business in France to persons or companies, subject to income tax or corporation tax, who…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-32

Any technical means intended for real-time location, throughout the national territory, of a person, without that person's knowledge, of a vehicle or of any other object, without the consent of its ow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-2

…ourt, in its composition provided for in the third paragraph of Article 398, finds that the classification used in the document referred to it does not fall within the provisions of Article 398-1, it…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-3

In the absence of payment of the secured debt and unless otherwise stipulated in the trust agreement, the trustee, where it is the creditor, acquires the free disposal of the property or right assigne…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-1-1

…the form of a decree. IV-A decree in the Council of State shall specify the conditions for the application of this article.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-1

…proportion to the benefits derived from the practices in question, to 10% of average annual sales, calculated on the basis of the last three annual sales known on the date of the decision. The court…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-3

I.- Except in cases where the period of Ineligibility is not applied or is reduced under the conditions provided for in article L. 232-23-3-10 and without prejudice to the granting of a suspended susp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-8

The AMF shall assess the risks that may arise from the use of leverage by an AIF or its management company. It may, where it considers it necessary to ensure the stability and integrity of the financi…

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