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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-170

…s referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167 and do not fall within its jurisdiction in any other respect, this magistrate shall declare himself…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-171

Where the Paris Criminal Court or Juvenile Court declares that it does not have jurisdiction on the grounds set out in Article 706-170, it shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to take action as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-7 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 750-3)

Article Annexe 7-7

…on recorded in relation to the examination of files A-1. Description of the application A-1.1. Date and purpose of the application (creation/extension and total surface area created). A-1.2. Location…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708-1

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 working full time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their service obligations up to a lim…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-7

Payment costs are to be borne by the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules

Article 1347-7

Compensation is without prejudice to rights acquired by third parties.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1

…ervision is incurred serve their sentence in prison establishments that provide appropriate medical and psychological monitoring. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 763-7, the sentence enf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 716-1

The penalty for one day's imprisonment is twenty-four hours. That of one month is thirty days. A sentence of more than one month is calculated from day to day.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-1

Confiscation orders which may give rise to transmission to or enforcement in another State are those which confiscate property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, as well as any legal instr…

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