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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-24-1

…he Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal and the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal and its President shall exercise concurre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47-1

…owing a request for extradition from the French Government, the person has already been surrendered and where, in the absence of a waiver of the principle of speciality by the person or by the foreign…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-9-1

…t of a request for extradition or provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition, Articles 74-2 and 230-33 are applicable. The powers of the public prosecutor and the liberty and custody judge pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-2

…in the event of proceedings relating to a felony or misdemeanour mentioned in articles 628,706-73 and 706-73-1, where the hearing of a person referred to in Article 706-57 is likely to seriously end…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-1

…of the public prosecutor or the parties, that this identity not be mentioned during public hearings and not appear in the orders, judgments or rulings of the investigating or trial court that are like…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI bis: Protection of persons benefiting from exemptions or reductions in penalties for having prevented the commission of offences, for having stopped or mitigated the damage caused by an offence, or for having identified the perpetrators or accomplices of offences

Article 706-63-2

Where such an appearance is likely to seriously endanger their life or physical integrity or that of their relatives, the trial court may, of its own motion or at the request of persons using an assum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI bis: Protection of persons benefiting from exemptions or reductions in penalties for having prevented the commission of offences, for having stopped or mitigated the damage caused by an offence, or for having identified the perpetrators or accomplices of offences

Article 706-63-1

…element enabling his or her identification or whereabouts is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. If the direct or indirect consequence of this disclosure is violence aga…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

…of justice, decide that the investigation will be continued in that court. The investigating judge and the public prosecutor shall be notified of the judgment of the Criminal Division and the parties…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-6

PROGRAMME OF MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRST-DEGREE SPORTS INSTRUCTORS (art. A212-116 and A212-131)The programme aims, through a global approach to behaviour, to enlighten the future sports e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2372-6-1

The agreement referred to in Article L. 2372-2 also provides, for all rules relating to employee profit-sharing, for a level at least equivalent to that existing in the company being split up or which…

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