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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 228

If the Investigating Chamber considers that the judicial police officer or agent has committed an offence under criminal law, it shall also order that the case file be forwarded to the Public Prosecut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 227

…ber may, without prejudice to any disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed on the judicial police officer or agent by his hierarchical superiors, address observations to him or decide that he may no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 220

The president of the investigating chamber shall ensure the proper functioning of the investigating chambers within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal. In particular, he verifies the conditions o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 223

He may refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber for a ruling on the continued detention of an accused person in pre-trial detention..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 225

…atter is referred to it either by the public prosecutor or by its chairman.It may be referred to it of its own motion when examining the proceedings referred to it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221

To this end, a statement of all pending cases shall be drawn up in each investigating office every six months, mentioning, for each case, the date of the last investigative act carried out. Cases invo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by foreign authorities

Article D48-22

Enforcement of a financial penalty may be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the certificate is not produced, if it is drawn up incompletely or if it clearly does not correspond to the pecun…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2242

The interruption resulting from the court application produces its effects until the proceedings are extinguished.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2240

Acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the person against whom he was prescribing interrupts the prescription period.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2243

The interruption is null and void if the claimant withdraws his claim or allows the proceedings to lapse, or if his claim is definitively rejected.

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