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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-25-1

…t is subject to a mobile electronic anti-seizure device provided for in articles 138-3 of this code and is sentenced, with provisional execution, either to a fixed term of imprisonment with a deferred…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-2

…e resolution of disputes relating to the granting of the authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission referred to in articles L. 132-20-1 and L. 132-20-3.Failing an amicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Cinerary sites

Article R2223-23-2

…the deposit or interment of urns in the cinerary site are subject to the provisions of articles R. 2223-11 to R. 2223-23.However, when the plot is taken over, the urn is placed in the communal ossuar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Medical assistants.

Article R4623-25-2

Associate doctors are given the time and resources they need to carry out their duties and undergo the training referred to in article R. 4623-25. They may not be discriminated against on the grounds…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Foreign nationals entrusted to the child welfare service

Article L423-22

In the year following their eighteenth birthday or if they come under the provisions of article L. 421-35, foreign nationals who were entrusted to the child welfare service or to a trustworthy third p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-21

…ticle shall not apply where the appeal has been lodged by the public prosecutor at the court of appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-22

…of the decision, to the first president of the court of appeal for transmission to the court that handed down the decision to dismiss, acquit or acquit. A copy of the decision is also sent to the pub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-20

…he decision of the first president of the court of appeal, its payment to the claimant is, notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 233, carried out by the Regional Director of Public Finances for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-2

The procedure followed in nationality matters, and in particular the communication to the Ministry of Justice of summonses, submissions and avenues of appeal, is determined by the Code of Civil Proced…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-2

If the needs of a customs investigation relating to the detection and investigation of a customs offence punishable by a prison sentence of three years or more so require, any technical means designed…

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