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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-43

…or at the request of the sentenced person, decide, by order made in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 712-8, on the recommendation of the public prosecutor, to terminate early the sent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-5

…of Article 131-36-1 of the Criminal Code. This decision is taken in accordance with the provisions set out in article 712-6. In the event of non-compliance with the obligations or the care injunction,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-37

…for the purpose of prosecuting or convicting a person on the grounds of their sex, race, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, language, political opinions or sexual orientation or gender identity...…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-79

…label of a size appropriate to their volume, affixed in such a way that it cannot be accidentally detached. This label bears, in indelible and legible black characters, the following information: 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…y of any person may also be checked, using the same procedures, in places and for a period of time determined by that magistrate. The fact that the identity check reveals offences other than those ref…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-81

…of watching persons suspected of committing a crime or an offence by posing as one of their co-perpetrators, accomplices or fencestealers. To this end, the officer or agent of the judicial police is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-71

…rate varies in application of an indexation clause relating to a standard rate on the interbank market, the eurozone money market or the French government securities market; - those whose interest rat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-7

…in this capacity to be notified of sales of original graphic or plastic works under the conditions set out in II of article R. 122-10.II. - To be included on the list mentioned in I of this article, a…

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

Article R50-72

…f the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction the committee sits. In this case, the committee is completed by the inter-regional director of the judicial protection of young people with jurisdiction ove…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-4

…pe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ofarticle L. 6332-17 of the Labour Code, 1° of this article reads as follows: "1° The co…

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