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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 697

Within the jurisdiction of one or more Courts of Appeal, a judicial tribunal shall have jurisdiction to investigate and, in the case of misdemeanours, try the offences referred to in Article 697-1. Ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-27

Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, one or more assize courts, the list of which shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729-3

Conditional release may be granted to any person sentenced to a custodial sentence of less than or equal to four years, or for which the remaining sentence is less than or equal to four years, where t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…he sentence enforcement judge warns the sentenced person that the measures provided for in articles 131-36-4 and 131-36-12 of the Penal Code may not be implemented without his consent, but that, faili…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-30

…partner, the transfer period provided for in the second paragraph of l'article 24 of the law of 29 November 1966 is set at one year from the date of death. It may be renewed by agreement between the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-16

…munity for premiums paid by it, except in the cases specified in the second paragraph of article L. 132-13.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Cemeteries and funeral operations (R).

Article R2512-31

In the case provided for in article R. 2223-13, when the mayor or his delegate goes to the cemetery to note the abandoned state of a plot, he may be accompanied by the police commissioner or, in the l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Novel foods and novel food ingredients

Article R412-19

…es 1 to 3 and 6 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, as amended, on novel foods.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Resources

Article R121-29

…Integration are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Commitment of expenditure and authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article R2342-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said dec…

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