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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions specific to certain offences

Article 706-106

…dice to articles 706-81 to 706-87 and for the sole purpose of recording the offences referred to in 12° of Article 706-73, identify the perpetrators and accomplices and carry out the seizures provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article L351-1

…y of the obligations mentioned in the first, second, third and last paragraphs of II of article L. 312-1-1 and, where the customer is an individual acting for non-business purposes, article L. 314-12…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

…he same article do not apply; 4° Article L. 1111-8 is applicable as drafted in Order no. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017, with the exception of the last sentence of the third paragraph of I, and the refere…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-1

…not contrary to the provisions of this Title.For the application of the provisions of articles L. 2121-8, L. 2121-9, L. 2121-19 and L. 2121-22 and L2121-27-1,these establishments are subject to the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-17

In the event of the issue of preference shares under the conditions provided for in article L. 228-12, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall indicate the characteristics o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-11

…son for the imposition or modification of one of the measures covered by the provisions of Article 712-4 shall be the subject of a written request addressed to the sentence enforcement judge, signed b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities and prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-1

…holds neither an exclusive right nor the authorisation referred to in Article 21 of Law 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4313-3

…s of which the region is a member;11° The list of establishments or services created by the region ;12° The table showing decisions on the rates of direct and indirect taxation;13° The statement showi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK I: TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY OF GUYANA

Article D71-110-2

…ts and local Agenda 21s mentioned in the second paragraph of the'article 254 of law no. 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 on the national commitment to the environment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

…se and review of non-consensual psychiatric care measures. Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-9, R. 3211-12, R. 3211-14 to R. 3211-28 and R. 3211-30 shall apply in French Polynesia, in the version resultin…

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