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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-31

For the application of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006, the services or units of the national police, the national gendarmerie, the Directorate-General for Customs and Exci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-31-1

Persons covered by the provisions of article D. 147-31 may not be placed under judicial supervision: 1° If they have been sentenced to socio-judicial supervision, unless this sentence was handed down…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-31-1

The situation of all sentenced persons who may be subject to judicial supervision in accordance with Article 723-29 must be examined before their scheduled release date. The sentence enforcement judge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-31

When the priority question of constitutionality is raised in the course of an appeal, the separate pleading provided for in article 23-5 of Order no. 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 shall bear the words: "…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4-1: Remuneration and compensation of members and experts

Article R1313-31-1

The members of the Monitoring Committee, the members of the specialist expert committees, the members of the Scientific Advisory Board from the College of Qualified Scientists, the members of the Ethi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31-1

When, in application of article L. 6143-4, the statement of projected income and expenditure is subject to express approval, this is given within thirty days of receipt of the draft statement of proje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article R743-139-31

The dissolution of the company is brought to the attention of the public prosecutor and the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce at the behest of the liquidator. The liquidator sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-31-1

It shall be awarded to the mandataire judiciaire or the liquidateur judiciaire, in respect of actions brought by them pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 653-7 and resultin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-31-1

The annual surplus from the operating budget may be transferred to the budget for social and cultural activities in accordance with article L. 2315-61, up to a limit of 10% of this surplus. This sum a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-1

In the event of the birth abroad of a child at least one of whose parents is French, the transcription of the child's birth record must retain the child's name as it appears on the foreign birth recor…

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