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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-5

The President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council leads and coordinates, subject to the police powers of the mayors of the municipalities, the actions that contribute to the exercise of the competence re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-31

…e of address. When the person has changed address and the summons or summons to appear cannot be delivered to him or her, the requesting court is immediately informed by the Public Prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-32

If the liberty and custody judge does not authorise the person's statements to be taken without his identity appearing in the proceedings, the request and the decision of this magistrate, as well as,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-30

At the end of the hearing, the person is asked to reread his or her statement as it has just been transcribed, to state whether he or she declares that his or her statements remain unchanged and to si…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-29

…person to be heard without his or her identity appearing in the proceedings, that person shall be given a serial number which shall be entered on the separate file and in the register provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-27

The request provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-58 specifies the identity of the person and the reasons why, with regard to the elements contained in the file of the investigation proce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-28

The separate files and the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investig…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibition on proprietary trading

Article L420-2

The manager of a trading platform does not commit its own capital or trade by matching with its own account on the platforms it manages. Proprietary trading is a form of trading in which a person, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for issuing the professional identification card

Article R8294-3

The holder of the professional identification card must inform his employer or the user company within twenty-four hours of any damage, loss or theft of his card, so that the employer or the user comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for issuing the professional identification card

Article R8294-6

Any client or instructing party may check with the union of funds mentioned in article R. 8291-2 that the employees of its co-contractor, of a direct or indirect sub-contractor or of a sub-contractor'…

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