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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-34

The offences provided for by articles 225-5 to 225-12-4 of the Criminal Code, as well as the offence of participation in a criminal association provided for by l'article 450-1 du même code lorsqu'il a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Organisation and operation of the prison integration and probation service

Article D583

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 113-64 du code pénitentiaire, l'agrément de personnes bénévoles par le directeur du service pénitentiaire d'insertion est délivré après avis du juge…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-3

…the departments is created. From 2015, this article applies to the Lyon metropolitan area.The resources of this fund are allocated to the départements as compensation for exceptional revaluations of t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R451-1

…L. 451-1,1the enforcement agent proceeds with the repossession of the premises: 1° When h…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…he General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or the special allocation identified…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R784-3

…ticles applicableIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-2 to R. 612-5, R. 612-6 and R. 612-7n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-7-1 and R. 612-7-2n° 2015-1160 of 17 September 2015R. 612-9n° 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2131-4

Practitioners who have been approved by the Agence de la biomédecine on the basis of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Law No 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or mor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-27

…+ 1 in the following cases:…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-9

…s to the registration requests referred to in articles R. 132-10 to R. 132-13 and R. 132-15, upon receipt of the notifications provided for in Article R. 132-14 and to the request for cancellation pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-6

…buildings and premises are subject to the provisions of articles R. 4227-4 to R. 4227-14 with the exception of articles R. 4227-5 and R. 4227-12. However, for the application of the provisions of arti…

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