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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation

Article 702

…related offence, jurisdiction is vested in the courts provided for and organised by the articles 697 et 698-6. The Public Prosecutor, the Judicial Court and the Assize Court of Paris shall also have…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Buildings

Article 761

…parties, without distraction of charges, except, as regards the latter, what is stated in articles 767 et seq. For properties that the owner has the use of on the date of the transfer, the actual mar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

…ode monétaire et financier ; 4° Délits prévus par le Section II of Chapter Va of Ordinance no. 58-1270 of 22 December 1958 concerning the organic law on the status of the judiciary. The public prosecu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Presumptions of ownership

Article 752

…s, bonds, founders' or beneficiaries' shares, assets or rights placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis, company shares and any other claims of which the deceased was the owner or received the i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2122-1 to D. 2122-3 decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 D. 2122-4 decree no. 2000-1250 of 18 December 2000 D. 2122-5 to D. 2122-6 decree no. 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…t equal to twice the length of the sentence still to be served. Compulsory release means that the remainder of the sentence is served under the parole, electronically supervised home detention, work r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article 799

…d. He forwards these documents with his opinion to the public prosecutor. The provisions of Article 788, with the exception of those of the second and fourth paragraphs, and the provisions of articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article R763-7

Article R. 424-3 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-733 of 4 May 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article R762-7

Article R. 424-3 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-733 of 4 May 2017.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-74

Audiovisual short-duration single works in the fiction, animation and creative documentary genres are eligible for selective support.

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