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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-19

The financial penalty and the certificate issued by the competent authority of the issuing State shall be sent, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 48-11, to the Public Prosecutor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-19

Where the sentenced person who is not in custody does not appear for the adversarial hearing, the judge or the sentence enforcement court shall either order that the hearing be postponed to a later da…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-19

Compulsory release does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment while in prison, except where they benefit from outside placement under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19

The secure electronic device for drawing up the official statement of offence using an electronic signature or a handwritten signature collected in digital form, provided for in II of Article R. 49-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Auctions.

Article D514-19

The objects awarded, including those made up or set, in platinum, gold or silver, which do not bear the guarantee mark, but which the successful bidder agrees to have broken and taken out of service,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-19

I. - The Board of Directors meets in ordinary session at least four times a year, convened by its Chairman. It shall consider any matter placed on its agenda by the Chairman or by the Board acting by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-19

The provisions of articles R. 519-21, R. 519-22 and R. 519-23 apply when the customer or potential customer is a natural person.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other transactions

Article R721-19

…e-mer may grant credit institutions and other market participants advances secured by appropriate collateral.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article R752-19

Article R. 321-3 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended by Decree no. 2015-1092 of 28 August 2015.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article D754-19

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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