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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-9

The public prosecutor at the court that has handed down a conviction or made a probation decision involving alternative sanctions or measures provided for in Articles 764-3 and 764-4 shall be competen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…icles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Articles 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29 and 31 or, where applicable, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

In order to support the small exhibition sector, which has been particularly affected by the covid-19 epidemic and its economic and financial consequences, the part of the advances granted to operator…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5a: On the transmission and enforcement of freezing orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 695-9-30-2

…tion of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5a: On the transmission and enforcement of freezing orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 695-9-30-1

…or the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent au…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA quater

…r the production, sawing and valorisation of forestry products, acquired or manufactured between 13 November 2013 and 31 December 2016 by primary wood processing companies. For the purposes of the fir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Powers of investigation in public health matters

Article L1544-8-1

…L. 1421-2 to L. 1421-3 for the performance of their duties, in the version resulting from Order No 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-12

Any sentencing decision transmitted pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and enforcement on French territory or that of another Member State or any request for transit shall be acc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-10

This chapter lays down the rules applicable, with a view to facilitating the social rehabilitation of sentenced persons, to the recognition and enforcement, in a Member State of the European Union, of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-11

A sentencing decision handed down by a French court or a court of a Member State may be transmitted, as the case may be, by the competent French authority for the purposes of recognition and enforceme…

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