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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-26

…ide a response within the time limit set by the requesting authority, it shall so inform the latter and specify the time limit within which it will forward the information requested. If the judicial a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-28

…ompetent authorities of the Member States shall inform each other of any important procedural steps and shall respond to requests for information addressed to them. .

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-22

…f information between competent authorities shall be made by any means that leaves a written record and under conditions that enable the recipient to verify the origin and authenticity of the informat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-21

In order to avoid the negative consequences of the coexistence of parallel criminal proceedings against the same persons for the same acts in several Member States of the European Union, the French ju…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-23

The régies, companies or associations and each of their establishments which, whether or not under their brand name, usually provide families with the services listed in article L. 2223-19 or define t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-233

…ublic administrations defined in 1° of article L. 100-3 of the code of relations between the public and the administration are required to use the directory identity number exclusively in all correspo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-234

…nistrations or bodies defined in 1° of article L. 100-3 of the code of relations between the public and the administration, the identification number as soon as it is notified and, when the correspond…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-224

…ated by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques to registered legal units and their establishments: 1° Either, for companies, during the procedure for creating or changing th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-225

…laid down in the same article; 3° Or on its own initiative by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, on the occasion of the publication of a court decision, a report from a third…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-222

…r: 1° For each legal unit: a) For the natural persons mentioned in article R. 123-220 : the surname and, where applicable, the used name and pseudonym, the first names, the address of the legal unit w…

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