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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3321-3

For the application of Article D. 3133-1 to Saint-Barthélemy, the reference to the standard set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the reference of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3341-3

For the application of Article D. 3133-1 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the reference to the standard set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the refe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D570

Persons detained under a judicial restraint order are subject to the same regime as convicted prisoners subject to the provisions of article D. 115-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740-0 B

The submission of a statement on honour by an individual who does not meet the condition set out in the third paragraph of 1 of I of article 117 quater and the last paragraph of I of article 125 A to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Relations between prisoners and the outside world

Article D403

The procedures for issuing the visiting permits referred to by the dispositions de l'article L. 341-5 du code pénitentiaire, ainsi que les conditions dans lesquelles ces permis peuvent être refusés, n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-22-1-D

The member of the town council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training sends the manager of the fund mentioned in article L. 162…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3-1

The list of proposals for the appointment of a member of the non-medical staff to the Management Board drawn up by the Chairman of the Nursing, Rehabilitation and Medico-Technical Committee shall cont…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D580

The conditions under which the penitentiary integration and probation service communicates information concerning persons placed under judicial supervision to the judicial authority or reports on its…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article D56

In addition to the measures of isolation or separation from other detainees that he or she may order in accordance with the provisions of Articles D. 56-1 and D. 56-2, the magistrate responsible for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring and evaluation of prisons

Article D232

When visiting prisons, the magistrates mentioned in articles D. 131-2, D. 131-3 and D. 131-4 of the Penitentiary Code have access to detention and, where appropriate, interview detainees, under the co…

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