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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721

A reduction in sentence may be granted by the sentence enforcement judge, following the opinion of the sentence enforcement commission, to convicts serving one or more custodial sentences who have giv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 770

The removal from the criminal record of a decision concerning a minor may be decided under the conditions set out in Article L. 631-4 of the juvenile criminal justice code. The removal from the crimin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Closure of the investigation and referral to the oral hearing

Article 799

Except where the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 781, the Pre-Trial Judge shall declare the investigation closed as soon as the state of the investigation permits and shall refer the cas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-7

All money orders must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of the expenditure under the conditions laid down by the décret n° 2012-1246 du 7 novembre 2012 relatif à la gestion…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-7

I. - The following are part of the public external fire defence service for which the communes are responsible pursuant to article L. 2225-2, or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Valuation rules

Article 764

I. - For the liquidation of transfer duties on death, the value of the ownership of movable property is determined, in the absence of proof to the contrary:1° By the price expressed in the deeds of sa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-7

When the bulletin sent by the criminal records office to the competent administrative authority is marked nil, it is given or sent by the authority to the manager of the legal entity. In the opposite…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-7

The clerk of the court of appeal shall, within eight days of delivery of the judgment, send a copy of the judgment to the clerk of the court for completion of the publicity measures provided for in Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-39

The sentence enforcement judge is also competent to issue a reasoned judgment, under the conditions provided for in article 712-6, revocation of conditional release or suspension of enforcement of the…

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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 723-30

Judicial supervision may include the following obligations:1° Obligations set out in the articles 132-44 and 132-45 of the Criminal Code;2° After verification of the technical feasibility of the measu…

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