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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-67

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the habitual and lawful residence of the person placed under judicial supervision is located or the one where the person requests to re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-69

Within three working days of receipt of the request and the decisions provided for in Article 696-66, the public prosecutor shall submit the request, together with his or her submissions, to the liber…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right.

Article L3132-13

In food retail outlets, the weekly rest period may be given on Sundays from 1 p.m. onwards. Employees under the age of twenty-one who live with their employers are entitled to another afternoon's comp…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Market development

Article R2152-13

The purchaser and the successful tenderer may finalise the components of the contract before it is signed. However, this finalisation may not have the effect of modifying the substantial characteristi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-13

An appeal against the judgments referred to in the articles 712-6 and 712-7 is brought before the Enforcement of Sentences Chamber of the Court of Appeal, which rules in a reasoned judgment after an a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-1

…al communications shall be clearly identifiable as such. The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall specify the conditions for application of the first two paragraphs above, t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-6

…plication.The fact that the applicant has not undergone medical treatment, surgery or sterilisation may not be used as grounds for refusing to grant the application.The court finds that the applicant…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial organisation

Article L114-13

…le under the conditions defined in articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-1-1

The liberty and custody judge may be replaced, in the event of a vacancy, absence or impediment, by a judge of the first grade or outside the hierarchy designated by the president of the judicial cour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Use of a third party to carry out certain due diligence procedures

Article R561-13

The third party referred to in Article L. 561-7 shall forward without delay to the persons referred to in 1° to 6° of Article L. 561-2 the information gathered in connection with the implementation of…

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