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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 787

The convicts who are in a state of legal recidivism, those who, after having obtained the rehabilitation, incurred a new sentence, those who, condemned contradictorily or by contumacy to a criminal se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 792

The public prosecutor shall be issued with:1° A copy of the sentencing judgments;2° An extract from the register of places of detention where the sentence was served stating the convicted person's con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 794

The court shall rule within two months on the submissions of the public prosecutor, the party or his lawyer heard or duly summoned.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 795

The decision of the Investigating Chamber may be referred to the Court of Cassation in the manner provided for by this Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-6

Any conviction or probation decision transmitted pursuant to this Title for the purpose of recognition and monitoring in the territory of the executing State shall be accompanied by a certificate spec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 7

Heading 7-Economic and financial assistance71. Loans and advances 711. First payment 1. Decision establishing the nature of the advance (loan), the conditions for granting it, the repayment terms, spe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-10

In the event of a penal composition provided for in 3° of Article 706-53-2, the person is informed by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's delegate, who hands over the document provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1

However, the above-mentioned machines which were in conformity with the technical rules applicable during the transitional period defined by Article 6 of Decree no. 92-767 of 29 July 1992 when they we…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-7

Consent is given in the form agreed between the payer and his payment service provider.Consent may be given through the payee or through a payment service provider providing a payment initiation servi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-8

…regional councils may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre des co…

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