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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-3-1

The accused must appear before the assize court ruling on the appeal of the public prosecution within one year from either the appeal, if the accused is detained, or the date on which the accused was…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 568 bis

As an exception to Article 568, in the overseas departments, from 1 January 2019 only persons who are qualified traders and hold a licence granted on behalf of the department by the president of the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

…r in Article L. 3334-7-1, in accordance with the last paragraph of the same Article L. 3334-7-1. In 2019, the amount of the departments' overall operating allocation is reduced by the amount correspon…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3371-2

…ble below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title IIID. 3133-2Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019D. 3133-27Book IITitle IID. 3221-4Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L743-4

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the exception…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L742-4

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the exception…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…09 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-7 law no. 2007-128 of 31 January 2007 L. 2122-7-1 to L. 2122-8 Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2122-9 law no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 L. 2122-10 law no. 2019-1461…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-16

…airman with the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies and by the accounting…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 286-1

When, as a result of a severance of proceedings, an appeal or any other cause, the assize court is seised only of the referral to it of one or more defendants, solely for an offence connected with a c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Safety

Article D281

In accordance with the provisions of Article 40 of this code and the article D. 214-27 of the Penitentiary Code, the public prosecutor is informed directly and without delay by the head of the establi…

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