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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of gendarmes as judicial police officers

Article A4

…case (duration: one hour-coefficient 1). The value of each test is established by a mark from 0 to 20. Any mark equal to or less than 5 in one of the tests is eliminatory. No one may be considered to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-6

…ritorial waters, excluding: 1° Areas classified as nature reserves on the date of the Loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 7

Public prosecution of crimes shall be barred after twenty years have elapsed from the day on which the offence was committed.Public prosecution of the crimes mentioned in Articles 706-16,706-26and 706…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Costs

Article D732-8

Article D. 131-25 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended by Decree no. 2007-1611 of 16 November 2007.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Costs

Article D733-8

Article D. 131-25 is applicable in French Polynesia, as amended by Decree no. 2007-1611 of 16 November 2007.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-11

…th four copies of forms A and B, to an expert biologist on the list provided for in Article R. 3354-20 ; 2° The second sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biologist on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…al Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions provided for in article 689-1 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSIONS RESULTING FROM L. 1621-1 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 1621-2 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 1621-3La loi n° 2021-771…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-11

…gn as defined by Article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 30 March 2007; 3° The introduction of procedures for checking all the arrangements for organising assessment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Costs

Article D734-8

Article D. 131-25 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended by Decree no. 2007-1611 of 16 November 2007.

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