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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-3

…cle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-36

Extradition obtained by the French Government shall be null and void if it has taken place outside the conditions provided for in this chapter. Immediately after the extradited person is taken into cu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

Article L435-3

In exceptional cases, foreign nationals who have been placed in the care of child welfare or a trustworthy third party between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and who can prove that they have been un…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-3

If the project concerns the detachment of a section of a commune or a portion of the territory of a commune, either to attach it to another commune or to erect it as a separate commune, a decree by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-3

…for in Article 16-2. The procedure applicable before this commission is that set out in Article 16-3. III.-The environmental inspectors authorised under the conditions set out in II of this article a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-3

…ith acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic registered letter within the meaning of article R. 53 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code. The mediator has fifteen days from the date…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VIII: The European Certificate of Succession

Article 1381-3

…ment, withdrawal or suspension of its effects under the conditions provided for in Articles 71 and 73 of Regulation No 650/2012 of the Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-32

…record of the hearing and the report provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article R. 53-27 are placed in a file separate from the case file, which is kept by the public prosecutor. This…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-32

The structures receiving the bodies shall set up an information system shared with the ministerial authority for statistical, budgetary and financial purposes. Establishments authorised in application…

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