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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-42

If judicial supervision includes placement under mobile electronic monitoring and the sentenced person refuses to have the monitoring device fitted before his release, in accordance with the provision…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article D571-6

To this end, the competent administrative authority shall query the computerised national criminal record by a secure means of telecommunication. On pain of inadmissibility, the request for issuance s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-44

In the event of non-compliance, by a sentenced person under judicial supervision without placement under mobile electronic monitoring, with the obligations to which he or she is subject, the sentence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Application of the provisions concerning the translation of documents essential to the exercise of the defence

Article D594-7

The translation of essential documents may relate only to those passages of these documents that are relevant to the person's knowledge of the facts of which he or she is accused. The relevant passage…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Application of the provisions concerning the translation of documents essential to the exercise of the defence

Article D594-8

The translation must be completed within a reasonable timeframe that allows the rights of the defence to be exercised and takes into account the number and complexity of the documents to be translated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Electronic money issuers

Article D525-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall make the notification provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 525-6 within three months.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Electronic money institutions

Article D526-2

The amount specified in the first paragraph of article L. 526-19 is set at 5 million euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Electronic money institutions

Article D526-5

The amount stipulated in the last paragraph of article L. 526-19 is set at 100,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Electronic money institutions

Article D526-3

The amount stipulated in the fourth paragraph of II of article L. 526-19 is set at 250 euros.

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

Article D532-38

The provisions of article R. 532-2 apply to branches of third-country undertakings authorised in France.

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