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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-5

The remand in custody of a person who, during questioning by the investigating judge prior to referral to the liberty and custody judge, makes it known that that he/she has sole parental authority ove…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-34-3

For the purposes of 2° of I of Article L. 612-35-1 and subject to the third paragraph of this Article, the police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI: Audiovisual communication

Article L1426-1

Local authorities or their groupings may, under the conditions laid down in the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, éditer un service de télévision destiné aux…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Incompatibilities.

Article L3122-3

…ovisions declared not in conformity with the Constitution by decision of the Constitutional Council n° 2000-426 DC of 30 March 2000.] Any president of a departmental council who holds a position that…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R114-4

…of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the receipts and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-4

…e wording resulting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L764-4

…e wording resulting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-4

…e wording resulting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Order…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-21

…ts may be set up by decision of the Managing Director, under the conditions laid down in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies, and with the agreemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D773-37

…d column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 54-10-1No. 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019D. 54-10-2No. 2021-446 of 15 April 2021D. 54-10-3, D. 54-10-5 to D. 54-…

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