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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D527-3

The multidisciplinary assessment of dangerousness provided for by article 730-2-1 is carried out by the multidisciplinary committee on security measures referred to in Article 763-10 with jurisdiction…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-3

An electronic signature shall be validly affixed only by the use of a process that enables the signatory to be identified, guarantees the link between the signature and the document to which it relate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-39

When the sentence enforcement court decides that judicial supervision will apply to all of the sentence reductions from which the person has benefited and which have not been withdrawn, it may fix in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Rules and monitoring of the enforcement of sentences

Article D150-3

When a person must serve several custodial sentences, the rules specific to persons convicted of one or more offences defined in Chapter I of Title II of Book IV of the Criminal Code relating to the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to probation with reinforced monitoring

Article D546-3

The provisions of Article 621-10 of the Penitentiary Code determine the content of the report drawn up by the prison integration and probation service pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 741-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-38

When the sentence enforcement court is seized by the public prosecutor for the purpose of ordering judicial supervision, it may rule by the same judgment, at the request of the sentence enforcement ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-3

…able to the Caisse for the consequences of their appraisals. Consequently, if an item is not released or the pledge is not renewed, it is sold and the proceeds of the sale are not sufficient to reimbu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Electronic money institutions

Article D526-3

The amount stipulated in the fourth paragraph of II of article L. 526-19 is set at 250 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-3

The activity of providers of participative financing services referred to in article L. 547-4 relates exclusively to offers of shares in cooperative societies constituted in the form of a public limit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents.

Article D533-3

The statutory auditors referred to in Article L. 511-38 are appointed by the body of these institutions competent to approve the accounts. They are appointed for six financial years. Their term of off…

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