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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64-1

Hearings of persons held in police custody for a crime, carried out on the premises of a police or gendarmerie service or unit carrying out a judicial police mission, shall be subject to audiovisual r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

The public prosecutor or the judicial police officer or, under the latter's control, the judicial police officer or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3, the investigation assistant may, by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-7

When it is essential for the purposes of the investigation to carry out a full search of a person in police custody, this must be decided by a judicial police officer and carried out in an enclosed ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-3

Police custody is carried out under the supervision of the public prosecutor, without prejudice to the prerogatives of the liberty and custody judge provided for in articles 63-4-2 and 706-88 to 706-8…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D323-6

The inspection certificate referred to in Article D. 323-5 includes: a) An inspection report certifying compliance with the classification table for the category requested and stating the opinion of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-6

Persons or businesses that process or distribute food products as part of a permanent or occasional, main or ancillary commercial or mass catering activity or takeaway sales of prepared dishes may spe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article L2241-6

When the mayor conducts a public auction on behalf of the municipality, he is assisted by two members of the municipal council designated in advance by the council or, in the absence of such designati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedural frameworks

Article 696-114

However, where it is necessary either to investigate a person or to place him or her under the status of an assisted witness, or to have recourse to investigative acts which can only be ordered in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedural frameworks

Article 696-115

When the Public Prosecutor relinquishes jurisdiction in favour of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, investigations shall continue under Article 696-113 or, where applicable, of article 696-114.…

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