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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-1

…l imprisonment, he or she shall be indicted by the investigating judge, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 181, before the departmental criminal court, unless there are one or more…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-1

…he third paragraph of Article 179 is applied.The committal order states that if the appearance procedure on prior recognition of guilt fails or if, within three months or, where detention has been mai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 183-1

At the request of a victim who has filed a complaint but has not joined as a civil party, the order dismissing the case, once it has become final, shall be brought to the victim's attention by any mea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-18

At the suggestion of the public prosecutor, the hearing of the departmental criminal court is set by its president or, at the request of the public prosecutor, by the first president of the court of a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter X: Compensatory interest in the inward processing arrangements.

Article 181 bis

…arrangements under the suspension system shall be assessed and recovered in the same way as customs duties. 2. The proceeds of this interest shall be allocated to the State budget.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-18

The endorsement must be pure and simple. Any condition to which it is subject is deemed unwritten. Partial endorsement is null and void. The endorsement of the drawee is also null and void. A bearer e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Liability regime

Article L133-18

…et out in the first two paragraphs of this article, the following penalties shall apply:1° The sums due shall bear interest at the legal rate plus five percentage points;2° After seven days' delay, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-18

In the case of delivery of financial securities against payment of cash, failure to deliver or to settle on the date and in accordance with the conditions defined in the General Regulations of the Aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-18

…that the conditions of independence required for the proper performance of the statutory auditor's duties are not met, the AMF may ask the competent court to relieve the statutory auditor of his duti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-185

…e auditor shall report any irregularities or inaccuracies that he detects in the performance of his duties to the management company's directors and to the Autorité des marchés financiers. The fund's…

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