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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification procedure

Article R225

…and article R. 224-2, the court clerk or any other category B civil servant from the judicial services, after having made any necessary adjustments, certifies that he has verified the reality of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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

Article D49-86

The sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance is suspended by any pre-trial detention or incarceration resulting from a custodial sentence occurring during its execution. In accordance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5213-4

Where the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé finds that advertising for a medical device, which is not covered by the provisions of Articles R.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…vision of powers between communes, départements, regions and the State is included in the general decentralisation allowance of the départements concerned. The total amount of compensation received by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions for hunting accidents occurring in mainland France.

Article L421-8

…g or destruction of animals likely to cause damage in those parts of the territory where the insurance set up by article L. 423-16 of the Environment Code is compulsory, even if these acts are not cov…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-32

…a reduction in atmospheric pollution.The provisions of the previous paragraph apply without prejudice to the maintenance of production activities existing on the date of publication of the aforementi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3381-1

…n this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands to concession contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments as well as by other public and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3371-1

…adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia to concession contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the powers devolve…

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