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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 349-1

…ne question concerning the cause of irresponsibility for all the acts of which the accused is accused. Unless the accused or his defence counsel waives this right, the questions asked pursuant to this…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The territorial delegate of the Agence nationale du sport

Article R112-34

The regional prefect, in his capacity as territorial delegate of the National Sports Agency, is assisted by a deputy territorial delegate, who is the regional academic delegate for youth, commitment a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-34

All expenditure must be settled and authorised during the financial year to which it relates.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of the delegated federations

Article R131-34

…bringing existing facilities into compliance, particularly in view of the scale of the work required. They are published in the federation's bulletin.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transmission of information by other persons

Article R222-34

Where there is a professional league, it will, at the request of the Sports Agents Delegate, provide the documents required to monitor the activities of sports agents, in particular the contracts it a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 696-111 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, when they relate to offences provided for in this Code, the alerts provided for in Article 24 of Council Regulat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-3

Once the European Public Prosecutor exercises his jurisdiction, or during the periods provided for in Article 27(1) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017: 1° By wa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341 bis

1. Customs reports, where they are authentic until falsified, shall be deemed to be evidence of title for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with common law, authorisation to take all appropriate…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 343 bis

The judicial authority shall communicate to the customs administration any information it obtains in the course of any legal proceedings which may give rise to a presumption that a customs offence has…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-2

Pursuant toArticle 696-113 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, where the European Public Prosecutor's Office decides to exercise jurisdiction over offences provided for in this Code, the Deputy Europea…

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