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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-21

In compliance with the national funeral regulations, the town council may adopt municipal funeral regulations which must be complied with by the funeral directors and the authorised undertakers or ass…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2224-21

…fair or market, even a simple supply market, constitutes a serious disturbance to general traffic because it is held on a site that is wholly or partly within the rights-of-way of a main road, the rep…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

…he event of a conviction, the fine imposed may not be less than the amount of the fixed fine in the case provided for in article 495-18, nor less than the amount of the increased fixed fine in the cas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-21

…udicial authority, which shall include in particular the following information: 1° The identity and capacity of the magistrate or court issuing it; 2° The subject of and reasons for the decision; 3° T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-21

…nder and different from the offence which gave rise to that measure, except in one of the following cases: 1° Where the person does not benefit from the speciality rule in accordance with 1° to 4° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-21

…hat he clearly intends to evade the extradition request, the Investigating Chamber may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor, issue an arrest warrant for him. The provisions of Article 74-2 sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-21

In the cases provided for in article 706-18, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigation acts and formalities that took place before the decision to reli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5° of Article 713-20, the execution of the confiscation order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

…tric assessment to a person who has been sentenced to socio-judicial supervision. This expertise is carried out by two experts when the person has been sentenced for the murder, assassination or rape…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-21

…ate on partial recognition of the sentencing decision, he or she shall examine whether an agreement can be reached, after considering the possible arrangements for such a solution in conjunction with…

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