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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article 715-1

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 313-3 of the Penitentiary Code, all communications and all facilities compatible with the security requirements of the penitentiary establishment are gr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Undeclared work.

Article L8323-1

A Conseil d'Etat decree will make the necessary adjustments to the provisions of Title II of Book II, relating to undeclared work, for their application in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayot…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-13

…ised to consult data contained in the automated processing of personal data provided for in article L. 544-2 du code pénitentiaire.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-178

…nal panel of the judicial court mentioned in Article 706-176 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that same article, concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the applic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Suspension and division of custodial sentences

Article 720-1

…e less than two days. The decision is taken by the sentence enforcement judge under the conditions set out in article 712-6. This judge may decide to subject the sentenced person to one or more of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-14

Controls carried out pursuant to Articles L. 632-12 and L. 632-13 by representatives of a foreign supervisory authority entrusted with a mission similar to that entrusted in France to the Autorité de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12

On-site inspections by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may be extended to the legal entities referred to in Article L. 612-26 located in another Member State of the European Union…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-15

…documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, outside the framework of the agreements referred to in Articles L. 632-7 and L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-13

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or tech…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L784-16

Article L. 641-1, as amended by Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013, is applicable in French Polynesia.

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