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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7153-10

The territorial collectivity of French Guyana may, under the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, designate public employees of the territorial collectivity to represent it within the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7253-10

The territorial authority of Martinique may, under the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, designate public employees of the territorial authority to represent it at French diplomati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: THE LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EVALUATION OF STANDARDS

Article R1211-10

A central census commission is set up under the Minister of the Interior. It is chaired by a Conseiller d'Etat and must include a representative of the Minister of the Interior and three representativ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article R41-10

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance shall proceed with the recovery of the criminal order on expiry of the period of forty-five days from the date of dispatch of the re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Arrangements for placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article R61-10

The commission may request the appearance of the sentenced person before giving its opinion. This appearance may be made by a means of telecommunication in accordance with the provisions of Article 70…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures.

Article R57-10

Home detention under electronic surveillance of persons under house arrest with electronic surveillance ordered by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge and that of persons sentence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-10

The automatic increase in fixed fines provided for by the last paragraph of article 495-18 is recorded by the Public Prosecutor, who mentions it on the enforcement order provided for in the first para…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-10

Credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and bureaux de change shall not issue to the public, at their counters or through their agents or the persons mention…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-108

The procedures for applying the rules relating to building savings accounts are set out in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-104

The capitalisation of interest can take the sums credited to a Livret de développement durable et solidaire above this limit.

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