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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

The information obtained may be used for purposes other than those for which it was communicated only with the agreement of the Member State which transmitted it. However, even in the absence of agree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-36

At the request of the Member State which transmitted the information, the service or unit which obtained it shall inform the competent service of that State of the use made of it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-37

The services and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 shall, at their request, forward to the competent services of the Member States the information, referred to in the same Article, that is useful…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-33

…ere are reasons to assume that a Member State holds information falling within the scope of Article 695-9-31 useful for the prevention of an offence or for investigations to establish proof thereof or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-38

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions.

Article R4533-6

The Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may, at the request of the project owner, exceptionally grant exemptions from: 1° The access rules provided for in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-6

…d the municipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or the mixed syndicate may take place electronically under conditions defined by regulation. .

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-9

I. - The budget for the Mayotte fire and rescue service comprises an investment section and an operating section.The investment section may include programme authorisations and payment appropriations.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-6

The persons referred to in article L. 562-4 are prohibited from knowingly and intentionally participating in activities the purpose or effect of which is to circumvent the measures taken pursuant to t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-6

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 632-3 and L. 632-4, the grounds for the expulsion decision are reviewed every five years from the date of issue. The competent authority will take in…

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