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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-128

Decisions ordering the special seizures provided for in Title XXIX of this book and the protective measures provided for in Article 706-166 are taken by the liberty and custody judge, on written and r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-92

The public prosecutor checks whether the decision establishing the protective measure was adopted in an adversarial procedure. If this is not the case, the public prosecutor notifies the offender of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-2

When the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 receives a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 that concerns another Member State of the European Union, it shall forward this report…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-12

The staff delegation of the European Works Council shall inform the staff representatives of the establishments or undertakings of a Community-scale group of undertakings or, in the absence of represe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-1

The head of the Community-scale undertaking or dominant undertaking of the Community-scale group of undertakings shall set up a special negotiating body made up of representatives of all the employees…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L2365-1

Obstructing either the formation of a special negotiating body or a committee of the European Cooperative Society, whether or not established by agreement, or the free appointment of their members, is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Parent companies having their registered office outside the European Economic Area

Article L633-15

For the purposes of the supplementary supervision provided for in this chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may enter into the agreements provided for in Article L. 633-5 with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D47-1-10

The public prosecutor or examining magistrate of the territorially competent judicial court to whom the European Investigation Order is addressed shall acknowledge receipt thereof without delay, and i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-21

In order to avoid the negative consequences of the coexistence of parallel criminal proceedings against the same persons for the same acts in several Member States of the European Union, the French ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions, approval or authorisation of the system manager

Article D424-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority of any authorisation granted to an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company…

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