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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-3

Where the duration of pre-trial detention exceeds one year in criminal cases or eight months in misdemeanour cases, decisions ordering its extension or rejecting applications for release must also inc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-3

…ge of any change in the address declared, by new declaration or by letter with acknowledgement of receipt, until the investigation is closed. He or she is also advised that any notification or service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36

…ccount are the days on which the user company or establishment is open for business. Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1251-5, the agreement or the extended branch agreement of the user…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-37

Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1251-5, the agreement or the extended branch agreement of the user undertaking may stipulate the cases in which the waiting period provided for inartic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-3

It is prohibited for the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-4 to receive benefits in cash or in kind, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, offered or procured by the persons mentioned in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Purchasing promotion scheme

Article D2111-3

…ount the expenditure incurred during a calendar year in connection with their contracts, with the exception of those covered by Book V of this Part.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-3

…ding are covered by a guarantee of good working order for a minimum of two years from the date of acceptance.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-32

…e or the release or modification of judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance may be requested at any time from the investigating chamber in accordance with the forms provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

…ubject to appeal. If the person claimed has been the subject of an extradition request, then the procedure shall be as set out in articles 696-15 et seq.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-33

…being extradited more than ten days after his arrest and no later than the day of his first appearance before the investigating chamber, seised under the conditions set out in Section 2 of this Chapte…

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