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

Article L783-16

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

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-79

To ensure that veterinary medicinal products comply with the declared formula, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-11

…r's Office of the court which ordered the confiscation of property shall immediately inform the competent authority of the executing State, by any means which leaves a written record, of any fact whic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-10

Where the confiscation order relates to a sum of money and the competent authority of the executing State has substituted confiscation of property, consent to the transfer of that property shall be gi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 727-1

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 223-2 du code pénitentiaire, le procureur de la République est immédiatement avisé de la découverte, au sein d'un établissement pénitentiaire ou d'u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-1

Article L. 5411-5 does not apply to Mayotte.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-13

The confiscation order and certificate shall be sent in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 713-4 or sent to the public prosecutor at the criminal court with territorial jurisdiction, ei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-14

The public prosecutor, with his opinion, refers the request for recognition and enforcement of the confiscation order to the criminal court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-18

…will rule on the enforcement of the confiscation order. The public prosecutor shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State by any means that leaves a written record.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-15

After ensuring that the request is in order, the criminal court will rule without delay on the enforcement of the confiscation order.

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