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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-44

…ose of real-time geolocation operations is to locate electronic communication terminal equipment, a vehicle or any other object whose lawful owner or possessor is the victim of the offence under inves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-39

The judicial police officer or agent acting under his or her responsibility shall describe or transcribe, in a report which shall be placed in the file, the recorded data which are useful for establis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-36

…cer appointed by him or authorised by the public prosecutor may request any qualified agent of a service, unit or body placed under the authority of the Minister of the Interior, the list of which sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-41

The person under investigation or the witness may, within ten days of being informed of the content of the geolocation operations carried out within the framework provided for in article 230-40, conte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Martinique

Article L1445-1

I. - For the application of the provisions of this Code in Martinique, the reference to the Martinique Regional Health and Autonomy Conference replaces the reference to the Territorial Health Board.II…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Building work

Article 290 quinquies

Any provision of services including the execution of real estate work, whether or not accompanied by a sale, supplied to private individuals by a person liable for value added tax, must be the subject…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-6

…sum of money includes interest at the legal rate and taxes paid in the hands of the person who received it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-8

The restitution of a service takes place in value. This is assessed at the date on which it was provided.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-9

Securities constituted for the payment of the obligation are carried over ipso jure to the obligation to make restitution without, however, depriving the guarantor of the benefit of the term.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-2

A person who received the thing in good faith and sold it owes only the price of the sale.If he received it in bad faith, he owes its value on the day of restitution where it is greater than the price…

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