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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R306

Article R. 82 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 82.-The bulletin no. 3 may only be requested by the person it concerns or their legal representative in the case of a minor or an adult under guardianship…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-12

Where a Community herbal monograph has been established or where the herbal medicinal product consists of herbal substances, preparations or combinations thereof included in the list drawn up by the C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R290

Article R. 62 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 62.-In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the criminal record instituted by the court of first instance is kept by the chie…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R761-5

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° References to the departmental prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State; 2° References to the Court of Appeal are replaced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Specific procedures

Article R287

For the application of article R. 53-40, the references made to the highway code, the public health code, the forestry code, the code of public houses and the rural and maritime fishing code are only…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article R48

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance shall proceed with the recovery of the criminal order upon expiry of the period of thirty days from the date of dispatch of the regi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R334

The first paragraph of Article R. 165 shall read as follows: "In criminal matters, the issue, when authorised, of reproductions of procedural documents other than decisions is remunerated at the rate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

I.-The first four classes of offences for which prosecution is extinguished by payment of a fixed fine are as follows: 1° Offences punishable under the Highway Code whether or not they result in a wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Claims for compensation for damage caused by an act of terrorism

Article R50-69

Where the investigating or trial court refers the case pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 706-16-1, a copy of the referral decision and, where applicable, of the claim for compensation for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Administrative procedure

Article R3132-13

The request to obtain one of the derogations provided for in articles L. 3132-14 and L. 3132-16 shall be accompanied by the necessary supporting documents and the opinion of the trade union delegates…

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