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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION

Article R1231-4

As part of its monitoring and alert role, the agency implements: 1° Observation of urban policy and regional planning policy; > 2° Forward-looking and strategic thinking for territories, particularly…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-4

The collection of information shall contain a statement inviting the person to provide the information provided for in Article R. 2-5. It also includes a reminder of the provisions of article 10-13.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-4

When the judicial police officer is called upon to habitually perform his duties as a judicial police officer throughout the territory of the Republic, the request for authorisation is addressed to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-41

The civil party is required, pursuant to articles 88 and 88-1, to deposit at the court registry, unless exempted, within the time limit set by the investigating judge, on pain of inadmissibility, a su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-40

The authorisation may be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-36 and R. 15-37. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, for the purposes of withdrawing autho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-42

The conditions for providing a detainee with a copy of the documents from an investigation and the procedures for consulting them are determined by the provisions of articles R. 311-10, R. 311-11, R.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R23-4

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and in the first paragraph of Article 142-3, the sums returned to the person prosecuted are increased, where applicable, by accrued in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-4

The receipt given to the person under investigation in exchange for the documents referred to in 7° of Article 138 must mention the nature and references of the document withdrawn, the surname, forena…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-42

The Minister of Justice is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data known as: "plate-forme nationale des interceptions judiciaires (PNIJ)" provided for by Article 230-45, placed u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-40

The implementation of the judicial reconciliation software mentioned in articles 230-20 et seq is authorised, for each procedure that it controls, by the magistrate in charge of the investigation or i…

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