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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-2

If the victim is confronted with a person heard under the conditions provided for in Article 61-1 for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a prison sentence, it may also ask to be assisted, in accor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-2

Police custody is a measure of constraint decided by a judicial police officer, under the supervision of the judicial authority, whereby a person against whom there are one or more plausible grounds f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-2

…eight hours, the postponement of the notice may be maintained, for the same reasons, by the liberty and custody judge or the investigating judge, except when the notice concerns consular authorities.I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-2

…osecutor, carry out the acts provided for in the Articles 56 to 62 for the purpose of searching for and discovering a person who is absconding in the following cases:1° A person who is the subject of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…referred to in d of 2 of Article 9 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in 2° of article 80 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures.

Article L1341-2

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, in particular: 1° The definition of the information to be transmitted to the bodies mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central services and inspection

Article L1421-2

…rry out their duties, the officers mentioned in article L. 1421-1 may operate on the public highway and enter between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. the premises, places, installations and means of transport where…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-2

The following are attached to the territorial health administration: a) A territorial health and autonomy conference which exercises the powers devolved to the regional health and autonomy conference…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 441-2

Author grants are awarded to one author or two authors working in collaboration.These authors are French nationals or assimilated.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-2

Grants are awarded to operators of cinemas eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas who meet the following conditions: 1° Be registered on the "pass Culture Pro" digita…

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