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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 937

Persons remanded in custody until their appearance before the court may be held in a premises other than a prison until the third working day following the order prescribing detention at the latest. F…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-3

I.-The public prosecutor competent to issue the authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of II of Article 529-4 is the public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the ope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-1

The operator of a public land transport service mentioned in article 529-3 who intends to have his agents approved to carry out the identity records provided for in II of Article 529-4, must: I.-Provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-2

I.-The operator of a public land transport service shall submit to the representative of the State in the department in which it has its registered office and, in Paris, to the police prefect, a file…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-4-1

I.-For the application of article 529-6, a payment notice including a payment card as well as a protest card is sent by the operator to the holder of the registration certificate. For offences recorde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-4

The agent shall, if necessary, provide proof of the approval mentioned in the first paragraph of II of Article 529-4.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Automated processing relating to the monitoring of persons placed under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-12

The purposes of the automated processing of personal data relating to the monitoring of persons placed under mobile electronic surveillance provided for by article L. 544-2 of the Penitentiary Code, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Costs of social investigations ordered in relation to the exercise of parental authority

Article R221

The costs of social investigations ordered in relation to the exercise of parental authority are recovered by the Directorate General of Public Finances in accordance with the procedures and under the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-7

The statement mentioning the presence or absence of materials and products containing asbestos provided for in article L. 1334-13 is made up of: 1° In the case of the sale of residential buildings com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-6

The report on the identification of list C materials and products containing asbestos provided for in article R. 1334-22 is sent to any natural or legal person required to organise or carry out demoli…

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