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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7-2

The regional development plan sets out the fundamental guidelines for the development, protection and enhancement of the coastline. It takes the place, for the sectors that it determines, of a scheme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7-3

The regional development plan sets out the territory's strategy for adapting to climate change and improving air quality. As such, it sets out, at its level: 1° Guidelines for mitigating and adapting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-7

Without prejudice to Articles L. 142-9, L. 312-14, L. 322-2, L. 612-17, L. 613-34-4 and L. 632-1 A, the following persons are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the pena…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7-2

If the Autorité des marchés financiers fails to act despite a formal notice sent by the Minister responsible for the economy, the urgent measures required by the circumstances shall be taken by decree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-128

Articles 706-122 à 706-127 are applicable before the Investigating Chamber in the event of an appeal against an order of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Payment of damages and interest on confiscated property

Article 706-164

Any person who, having brought a civil action, has benefited from a final decision awarding him damages and interest as compensation for the harm he has suffered as a result of a criminal offence as w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-1

The court which passes sentence may expressly exclude its mention in bulletin No. 2 either in the sentencing judgment, or by judgment passed subsequently on the application of the convicted person inv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

…gency's resources comprise:1° Subsidies, advances and other contributions from the State and its public establishments, the European Union, local authorities, their groupings and their public establis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-1

A person sentenced to a residence ban pursuant to article 131-31 du code pénal may be subjected by the sentencing decision to one or more of the following supervision measures: 1° Report periodically…

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