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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-7

…ions of this article do not apply in the event of a public offering as referred to in 1° of article L. 411-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-2

…ion, prosecution, trial and judgment of the offences provided for in the last paragraph of articles L. 241-3 and L. 242-6 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-2

The civil court with jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire may conduct or arrange for the conduct of any useful hearings and investigations, without being…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-3

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that or those mentioned in Article 706-106-1 may, for offences covered by the same article 706-106-1, ex officio, on the proposal of the investigat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

…alue of the annuity unit is not authorised by the agreement under the conditions set out in Article L. 441-2, the insurance undertaking shall make up this shortfall in the theoretical mathematical pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96-1

During the investigation, in order to set up the technical device mentioned in article 706-96, the liberty and custody judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

…rvision referred to in article 723-30, in particular a treatment order provided for by the articles L. 3711-1 to L. 3711-5 of the Public Health Code and, after verification of the technical feasibilit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Transfers of building lease rights and similar agreements

Article 725

…ht to the enjoyment of immovable property or premises falling within the provisions of the articles L. 145-1 to L. 145-3 of the French Commercial Code. (1) This tariff applies to deeds drawn up and ag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-19

The decisions of the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court provided for in this section may be appealed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 712-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Prevention of acts of terrorism

Article 706-25-15

The duties of specialist assistant for the prevention of acts of terrorism with the public prosecutor's office may be carried out by category A or B civil servants as well as persons holding, in subje…

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