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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-2

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 628, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-4

If registration is not refused within the legal time limit, a copy of the declaration is given to the declarant bearing the registration notice. Within two years of the date on which it was made, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-23

The Minister of Justice checks the admissibility of the lists of candidates in the light of the provisions of articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-24

…e or one of the offences mentioned in 1° of this article by a foreign court that has become res judicata constituting, according to French law, a conviction for a crime or one of the offences mentione…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-23

…gate to its President the exercise of certain of its powers pursuant to Article L. 7224-18. In this case and by way of derogation from Article L. 7222-21, reports on business submitted to the councill…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING ASILE

Article R511-2

…he département where the foreign national usually resides or, where the foreign national resides in Paris, the prefect of the police.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Disputes

Article R2314-23

The court of first instance has final jurisdiction over : 1° Requests for the implementation of a ballot monitoring system as provided for in Article L. 2314-17 ; 2° Disputes as provided for in Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-2

…1st July 1901, must meet the following conditions: 1° Be of legal age; 2° Proof of : a) either a baccalaureate or equivalent diploma ; b) or appropriate professional training in the economic, legal an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-26

Article L. 542-1, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019, is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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

Article R50-29

For the application of Article 706-24, there is kept, at the General Prosecutor's Office of the Paris Court of Appeal, a listed and initialled register in which are recorded the authorisations to iden…

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