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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…706-167, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-1

…of first instance must rule within six months of the complaint being lodged. Failing this, the president of the national disciplinary chamber may forward the complaint to another disciplinary chamber…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-12

In article R. 712-4-1, the words: "the president of the regional chamber, on a proposal from the president of the territorial chamber where applicable," are replaced by the words: "the president of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

…re-offending.Conditional release may be granted to convicts who have to serve one or more custodial sentences if they demonstrate serious efforts to reintegrate and where they can prove:1° Either the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of committal, detention and arrest warrants and coercive measures against defaulting witnesses - Capture in execution of a detention order, judgment or decree

Article R191

…son, in execution of: 1° A police judgement or a correctional judgement or ruling imposing a prison sentence not exceeding ten days: 0.76 euro. 2° Of an arrest warrant or a judgement or ruling in a co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mandatory measures and conditions

Article D534

The sentence enforcement judge may authorise the parolee to change residence, after consulting the sentence enforcement judge of the jurisdiction in which the convicted person intends to settle and, w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-10

…upporters' association must be sent to the prefect or, if the association's registered office is in Paris, by the police prefect, together with the following documents :a) A copy of the publication in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-8

When a building in which a public house is located has been demolished or converted to a new use as a result of expropriation in the public interest, or when the building has been demolished by the ow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Additional regional tax on tourist tax

Article L2531-17

…nstituted an additional tax of 15% to the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax collected in the Ile-de-France region by the municipalities mentioned in article L. 2333-26 as well as by the public esta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and general provisions

Article R4461-1

…yperbaric work carried out by companies subject to certification, the list of which is set by the order provided for in Article R. 4461-48, taking into account the nature and extent of the risk, inclu…

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