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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 269

As soon as the indictment decision has become final or, in the event of an appeal, as soon as the judgment designating the appeal assize court has been served, the accused, if detained, is transferred…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26-1

Where a supervisory authority of another Member State transmits to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution a proposal similar to those mentioned in II or III of Article R. 356-26 with res…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-1

Articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-31, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 do not apply to interpersonal communications services not based on numbering within the meaning of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26-1

Once the delegation contract referred to in article L. 131-14 has been signed, the decision by the Minister for Sport granting the delegation to a federation is made after consultation with the French…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26

Declarations of nationality made either because of marriage to a French spouse, pursuant to article 21-2, or because of the status of ascendant of a French national, pursuant to article 21-13-1, or be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Employee Rights Commission

Article R1233-26-1

The provisions of articles R. 1233-8 and R. 1233-9 are applicable to the term of office of staff representatives on the employees' rights commission.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-20

In the event of difficulties in carrying out the measure of wearing the mobile electronic anti-rapprochement device mentioned in the article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code, the matter may be referred to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26-1

I.-Sociétés de crédit foncier may use the "European covered bond" label for the "obligations foncières" and other senior debt referred to in Article L. 513-2, paragraph 2 of the first paragraph that t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-26-1

The release provided for in the second paragraph of article 712-18 automatically entails the postponement of the sentenced person's sentence.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-B

The Banque de France has set up a Banking Inclusion Observatory to collect information on access to banking services for individuals who are not acting for professional purposes, on the use that these…

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