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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article D547

When, in application of article 747-1, the firm part of a prison sentence that has been subject to a partial probationary suspension is converted into a sentence of home detention under electronic sur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D589

…the legal entity or professional body to which they belong or under whose supervision they are placed. Any paper medium whose content has been converted into digital format may be returned to its owne…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D593

The provisions of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the islands of Wallis and Futuna

Article D605

Where circumstances so require, in particular for security reasons, persons remanded in custody may be incarcerated in another premises by decision of the magistrate hearing the case, in accordance wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions

Article D599

This Code, as well as the decrees amending it, is applicable to the departments of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-40

…expenditure required to carry out the tasks defined in article L. 6431-4 are forecast and authorised. The revenue estimates and expenditure authorisations are presented in two sections depending on w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article D421-3

…ons to the Autorité des marchés financiers within a period set by the letter referred to in Article D. 421-2. This deadline may not be less than three days. The representative of the market undertakin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-54

…ch meeting of the Board, the Chairman shall draw up the agenda and the list of members to be convened. If the agenda includes a subject specifically concerning a profession mentioned in Article L. 561…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-97

…provisions of article L. 4311-15-2, the departmental council, the authority referred to in article D. 4311-96 or the regional health agency shall implement the appropriate procedures in order to ensu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobile emergency and resuscitation unit

Article D6124-16

…and its own intervention teams; 2° When it has the means of medical transport mentioned in article D. 6124-12, a garage for these means of land transport and liaison vehicles; 3° A secure room for st…

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