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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Declaration of a witness's address at a police station or gendarmerie brigade

Article R53-23

…d, at any time, to the public prosecutor upon request. Each entry in the register has a serial number. This number is mentioned in the record of the statements made by the person heard, together with…

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

Article R53-27

…request, the statements of the person must be taken without his identity appearing in the proceedings. The application may be accompanied by a record of the person's hearing in which he or she express…

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

Article R53-28

…the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investigating judge or, in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-25

…times of assignment, the inclusion zones, the exclusion zones and, where applicable, the buffer zones.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-2

…convened by its Chairman. The Chairman sets the agenda on a proposal from the Chief Executive Officer. Board members are notified of the agenda at least ten days before the meeting. The Board of Direc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Enforcement of sentences.

Article R57-2

…is also sent to the adviser responsible for the enforcement of sentences and to the public prosecutor. In addition, the enforcement judge presents it orally to the general assembly of judges and prose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R61-2

The sentence enforcement judge may decide by reasoned order that the imprisonment provided for in the third paragraph of article 131-36-1 of the French Penal Code if it appears that the offender is ab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the merits of the request and the implementation of corrective measures by the prison administration

Article R249-25

…n and the written opinion of the examining magistrate, the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor. The lawyer may at any time examine the case file. The lawyer may examine the case file at any tim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in the overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R250-2

For their application in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "département prefect" are replaced by the words: "State representative in the collectivity".

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article R123-2

Credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and service providers processing euro banknotes and coins in their name and on their behalf shall inform the Banque d…

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