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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

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
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-25-1

…ecution, to house arrest under electronic surveillance or to a firm prison sentence arranged in the form of house arrest under electronic surveillance, these obligations remain applicable until the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-24

…capable of proving the date on which it was sent. It is accompanied by a file containing all the information mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 1142-7. It also includes medical certifica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R2113-25

…reation of the new commune: 1° The communal bases taken into account are the recorded bases of each former commune calculated under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2334-4 as well as, where a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R2121-9

…place.The registers are kept on paper and may also be organised on a complementary basis in digital form.When the register is kept in digital form and the deliberations are signed electronically, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article D47-6-16

…ointment of a lawyer provided for in Article D. 49-14; 2° The rules relating to the time limits and forms for summoning the person concerned and his or her lawyer to the adversarial hearing provided f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local organisation

Article R515-20

…ncy has its head office; this head of mission sends the director general an annual report on the performance of the head of representation. The head of the diplomatic mission is kept informed, for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-36

…responsible for supervision, their respective areas of competence are specified; 2° The following information: a) Concerning the third-country undertaking : i) its name, its legal form, the address of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-39

…here, it sends the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution a notification containing the information mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article D. 532-23-2. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession by the company.

Article R822-63

…he deed of transfer of shares or corporate units, the transfer results from the summons made in the forms provided for by article 1690 of the civil code and remained unsuccessful.

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