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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7122-10

…of:1° The standing committee;2° Or one third of its members on a specific agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana may not submit more th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-10

…of:1° The Executive Council;2° Or one-third of its members on a specific agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same councillor to the Martinique Assembly may not submit more than one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2512

…ions of the parties for the performance of their agreements, the rights referred to in article 2521 may only be relied on as against third parties if they have been published by means of, as the case…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation of the agreement

Article R15-33-60-4

At the end of the hearing referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article 41-1-2, the order of the president of the court is immediately notified to the legal representatives of the legal entity and, wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article R43

Within thirty days of the date on which the registered letter is sent, the accused must pay the fine and the fixed procedural fee by transferring their amount into the hands of the accountant of the D…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Claims for compensation for damage caused by an act of terrorism

Article R50-69

Where the investigating or trial court refers the case pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 706-16-1, a copy of the referral decision and, where applicable, of the claim for compensation for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-32

…der mobile electronic surveillance ordered by the trial court as part of a socio-judicial follow-up may not exceed, taking into account, where applicable, the renewals provided for in the third paragr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R61-3

An individual file concerning the person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision is kept by the clerk of the sentence enforcement judge. This file includes copies of documents from the proceedings lea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised assessment and protective measures

Article D1-6

In cases of sexual violence, gender-based violence or domestic violence, the victim shall be heard by an investigator of the same sex if he or she so requests. However, such a request shall not be gra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transfers of sums, securities or assets.

Article R152-9

…2-6; 2° The list of information that the sender, the recipient or their representative, as the case may be, is required to provide to the authorities is that provided for in II of Article R. 152-7.

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