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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

…place and circumstances in which the offences were allegedly committed, as well as the nature and legal classification of the facts; 8° The date of the decision to place the person under judicial su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-48

This Chapter determines the rules applicable, with a view to guaranteeing the appearance in court and promoting, where appropriate, the use of alternatives to pre-trial detention for the person not re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-55

The transmission of the certified copy of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision, of the certificate and of all correspondence and documents relating thereto shall be effected dir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-49

For the preparation and during the execution of decisions taken pursuant to this Chapter, the competent authorities of the issuing State and the executing State shall, unless this is impracticable, co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-51

In application of 7° of Article 696-50, the obligations listed in Article 138 may also be followed in France, under the same conditions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-54

Withdrawal of the certificate shall constitute withdrawal of the application for recognition and enforcement and shall preclude enforcement of the decision to place the person under judicial supervisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

The obligations to which a person may be required to submit in the executing State are as follows: 1° An obligation on the person to inform a specific authority of any change of residence; 2° A prohib…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6452-2

Without prejudice to the direct recourse available to it, a natural or legal person injured by an act mentioned in articles LO 6451-2 and LO 6451-4 may, within two months of the date on which the act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6452-4

The following are illegal: 1° Deliberations in which one or more members of the territorial council with an interest in the matter that is the subject of the deliberation have taken part, either in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6452-6

…owing notification to him, the decisions of the administrative or judicial courts which rule on the legality of the acts of the institutions of the collectivity.

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