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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

…les 706-169 or 706-170 by which an examining magistrate rules that he is no longer competent or the Paris examining magistrate rules that he is competent may, to the exclusion of all other means of ap…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-10

The application for approval of the supporters' association must be sent to the prefect or, if the association's registered office is in Paris, by the police prefect, together with the following docum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-9

Applications for release or the lifting or modification of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest may be made at any time to the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-1

…uct investigations take an oath before the judicial court of their place of residence or before the Paris judicial court, stating: "I swear to carry out with accuracy and probity the findings, investi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: College

Article R3211-5

…g of each meeting, is sent without delay to the director of the establishment who, depending on the case, sends it without delay to the prefect of the department or, in Paris, to the police prefect, o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-4

…for a period of five years by the prefect of the département in which their registered office is located or, in Paris, by the police prefect or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, by the Bouches…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article A742-1

…iplomas attesting to a level of training corresponding to at least five years of study after the baccalauréat in legal disciplines, issued by:1° A public establishment of a scientific, cultural and pr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-41

…nes the nomenclature of competitions that may be used to organise sports betting online and in physical distribution networks, which must be used to submit the information mentioned in the application…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-2

…all the powers conferred on the Public Prosecutor by this Code.The liberty and custody judge of the Paris judicial court then has jurisdiction to rule under the conditions set out in this code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-19

…c prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the convicted person's lawful habitual residence is located. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisdiction. If the publ…

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