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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-5

Where the place of assignment to be designated is not the home of the person under investigation, the written agreement of either the owner or the holder(s) of the lease for the premises where the rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-6

When considering imposing such a measure, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge shall inform the person under investigation that he or she may request at any time that a doctor chec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-4

…ed to him or when he is considering imposing such a measure, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge or, in the event of an appeal, the president of the investigating chamber may inst…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 221-2

…laring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Article 54 of Section 11 re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The procedure applicable to divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 250-1

…icle 232 are met, the judge shall homologate the agreement settling the consequences of the divorce and, by the same decision, pronounce the divorce.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accommodation.

Article 285-1

…lone or jointly over one or more of their children where the children habitually reside in the home and it is in their best interests to do so. The judge sets the term of the lease and may renew it un…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals employed under fixed-term employment contracts

Article L421-3

…fixed-term employment contract or who is seconded in accordance with articles L. 1262-1, L. 1262-2 and L. 1262-2-1 of the Labour Code will be issued with a temporary residence permit marked "temporar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Employed foreign nationals

Article R421-4

The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker" provided for in article L. 421-3 authorises the exercise of a professional activity under the conditions defined in articles R. 52…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Employed foreign nationals

Article R421-5

A foreign national who meets the conditions for renewal of the temporary residence permit bearing the word "temporary worker" provided for in article L. 421-3 will be issued with a permit for a period…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 411-7

…l French expression.However, this condition does not apply to:1° Works of fiction based on an opera and produced in the language of the libretto;2° Documentary works produced in a language whose use i…

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