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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article R2214-1

The communes that are departmental capitals are placed under the State police regime.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article R2214-2

The State police system may be established in a commune or in a group of communes forming an urban area when the following two conditions are met:1° The population of the commune or group of communes,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article R2214-3

The state police regime may be abolished in the same way as provided for in article R. 2214-2 for its establishment when the conditions set out in this article are not met.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-38

By application of the provisions of Article 706-176, the judicial courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in that table, the offences referred to in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-30

The provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-4 relating to the reduction in the amount of fines in the event of voluntary payment within one month are applicable to foreign pecuniary penalties when they a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-32

The reduction in the financial penalty provided for by Article D. 48-30 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within a period of one month, of the sum of money ordered as a sentence, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-31

The public prosecutor who enforces a financial penalty covered by Article D. 48-30 notifies the convicted person by registered letter that, if he or she pays the amount of this pecuniary penalty withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-33

A statement of financial penalties is sent to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance at the same time as the notice provided for in Article D. 48-31. These statements are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article R3334-4

The provisions of articles R. 2334-22 to R. 2334-26, from the second paragraph of Article R. 2334-27 as well as Articles R. 2334-28 to R. 2334-31 are applicable to the share of the allocation to suppo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article R3334-4-1

For the application of Article L. 3334-10, the population taken into account to determine the share of the departmental investment support grant accruing to the local authorities of Saint-Martin, Sain…

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