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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-7

In accordance with the provisions of article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-75

…st of the management company before the end of the lock-up period provided for in VII of article L. 214-28.The fund rules define the terms and conditions under which interest is charged on amounts not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence.

Article 728-28

Enforcement of the sentence is governed by the law of the State in whose territory it is enforced.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

…the person to a custodial sentence or security measure as enforceable on French territory. Articles 728-37 to 728-39 and 728-42 to 728-44 are applicable. For the application of these same articles, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-44

If the sentencing decision can be recognised as enforceable in France, the public prosecutor will assess whether the custodial sentence or detention order should be adjusted. Where the length of the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-47

Within five days of the matter being referred to him, the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him shall decide, in the light of the documents communicated to him, whether to homo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence

Article 728-57

…forceability, the Public Prosecutor puts an end to its enforcement. A conviction handed down abroad may not be the subject of review proceedings in France.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-61

If the sentenced person is on the territory of the sentencing State, he or she will be transferred to French territory on a date set by the Minister of Justice in agreement with the competent authorit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence

Article 728-60

…ority of the sentencing State without delay: 1° Of the decisions or measures referred to in Article 728-57, other than those taken by the authorities of the sentencing State, which have rendered the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-53

The decision of the Criminal Appeals Chamber may be appealed to the Supreme Court. Article 568-1 and the first paragraph of article 567-2 shall apply.

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