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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 868

The persons referred to in article 714 may be detained in premises other than a prison.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 869

For the application of Article 719 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, journalists are either holders of the professional identity card defined by the Labour Code, or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe XIII

…AL CONTROL OPERATIONS WITH A VIEW TO CONTROLLING THE FIGURED CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADE EVENTS (Annex XIII of Annex 7-10 of Book Seven of the Decree section of the French Commercial Code) I. - General p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe XII

(APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 762-4) Prefecture of the department of RECEIPT OF DECLARATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION FOR A TRADE FAIR HELD OUTSIDE A REGISTERED EXHIBITION PARK (art. L. 762-2 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe XIII

Annex to articles D. 2224-1, D. 2224-2 and D. 2224-3PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR WASTEI. 1. - Technical indicators relating to waste collection:a) Territor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 703

Any application by a convicted person to be relieved of a prohibition, disqualification, incapacity or publication measure, made pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 702-1 spec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

Any person subject to a prohibition, disqualification or incapacity or to a publication measure of any kind resulting ipso jure from a criminal conviction or pronounced in the judgment of conviction a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIIIa: Procedure applicable to health and environmental offences

Article D47-6

…I.-EU law, social law, consumer law, town planning law, customs law, public law, environmental law; XII.-Human or veterinary medicine, pharmacy, engineering, architecture; XIII.-Qualitative and quanti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XII: Gender diversity in the management bodies of commercial companies

Article L23-12-1

A governing body is considered to be any body set up within the company, by any corporate act or practice, for the purpose of regularly assisting the bodies responsible for general management in the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 321

This Title does not apply to taxes collected and controlled in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as indirect contributions or…

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