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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23-2

…ilt-up properties are offset by a State subsidy, determined under the same conditions as the allowance paid to the municipalities, in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 2335-3.The loss of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Common provisions

Article R53-21-24

The magistrates of the public prosecutor's office and any official of the public prosecutor's office specially authorised by the public prosecutor shall exercise the powers conferred on this magistrat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20-2

I.-Seals and samples are sent to the central service for the preservation of biological samples in standardised packaging in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-21

…ic prosecutor informs the administrative department without delay of the decision to discontinue proceedings, except in cases where this decision is based on the premier alinéa de l'article 122-1 du c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-22

The managing service shall proceed with the deletion of data entered in the directory: a) Upon expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 53-21-20 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-20

…tion, expertise or assessment was carried out or, if the person was a minor at the time of the offence, for a period of fifteen years.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations, confrontations and reconstructions

Article D32-2-2

…of questioning of persons under criminal investigation, an original recording shall be made and placed under sealed conditions. A copy of this recording is placed in the file. This copy may be common…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-2-2

…et de résolution assesses the good repute of the persons mentioned in Article L. 511-51 in accordance with Articles L. 511-10 or R. 511-3-1, it consults the central database concerning administrative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-2

…ions and the professional employers' organisations that are members and present in the territory concerned. This steering committee receives the Skills Operator's annual activity report, which include…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1233-2-2

…days of notification of dismissal, the employee may, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt, ask the employer for clarification of the reasons set out in the…

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