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Showing 28512860 of 63423 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1021 of 3-11-2023

French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38-1

I. - For the application of the provisions of Articles L. 131-16 and L. 131-16-1, La Française des Jeux implements automated processing of personal data relating to bettors and bets placed on sports b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-3

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up a list of the information it deems necessary to carry out the assessment provided for in Article R. 511-3-2 and which must be communi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-36

In the event of wilful failure to pay the sum of money corresponding to a pecuniary penalty imposed as a sentence for acts which would constitute under French law a felony or misdemeanour punishable b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R93-3

The doctors' fees and interpreters' allowances referred to in 9° of II of Article R. 93 are liquidated in accordance with the conditions laid down respectively in article R. 117 and to Article R. 122.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-3

Where there is no victim support office within the court and the sentence is handed down in the presence of the civil party, the sentence enforcement office may be asked to receive the civil party aft…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-3

…ble in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-3

Payment of the fixed fine due for tickets issued using the form described in article A. 37-1 and not immediately paid to the ticketing officer is made by sending either to the service indicated on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-3

…individual file concerning the person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision is kept by the clerk of the sentence enforcement judge. This file includes copies of documents from the proceedings leadi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D527-3

The multidisciplinary assessment of dangerousness provided for by article 730-2-1 is carried out by the multidisciplinary committee on security measures referred to in Article 763-10 with jurisdiction…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-34

During the investigation, the use of a means of telecommunication pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 706-71 shall be decided by the public prosecutor.

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