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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24

…ial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal to carry out investi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Seizure of assets

Article 706-148

…elates to an offence punishable by at least five years' imprisonment, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the seizure, at the advance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…the sentenced person with the obligations and prohibitions imposed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by article 712-6, withdraw all or part of the sente…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Choice of award criteria

Article R2152-7

…ically advantageous tender, the purchaser shall base himself: 1° Either on a single criterion which may be : a) Price, provided that the sole object of the contract is the purchase of standardised ser…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-92

On pain of nullity, the authorisations provided for in articles 706-89 to 706-91 are given for specific searches and are the subject of a written order, specifying the nature of the offence for which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 C

Farmers may not apply the provision for price increases provided for in 5° of 1 of Article 39 (1). The total amount of provisions for price increases set aside before 1 January 1984 may, as from the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-39

…was the subject of the foreign confiscation order. The persons mentioned in the previous paragraph may be represented by a lawyer. The criminal court is bound by the findings of fact in the foreign d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-7

…the parties.At any time during the proceedings, by express request: 1° The applicant for invalidity may waive one or more of the grounds invoked or limit the scope of his application to some of the go…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-7

The contribution referred to in I of article L. 6323-4 may be proportional to the cost of the training, subject to a ceiling, or set at a lump sum. The contribution is payable neither by jobseekers no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-7

…cation registered in the specific register referred to in article L. 6113-6. Other training courses may be the subject of a certificate to which the holder may refer.

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