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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-4-1

Any competition, meeting, demonstration or public event other than those provided for in articles R. 331-4, R. 331-6, R. 331-20 and R. 331-46, in a sport for which no federation has been delegated and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Rules applicable to certain global contracts

Article L2171-1

The following are global contracts awarded by way of derogation from the principle of allotment:1° Design-build contracts;2° Global performance contracts;3° Global sectoral contracts.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II : DELIVERY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article L623-1

The provisions of articles L. 614-7 to L. 614-13 are applicable to challenges to the surrender decision and any accompanying ban on movement on French territory when the foreign national who is the su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-169

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-172

In the cases provided for by articles 706-169 à 706-171, the committal order or arrest warrant remains enforceable; the acts of prosecution or investigation and the formalities carried out before the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-169 or 706-170 by which an examining magistrate rules that he is no longer competent or the Paris examining magistrate rules that he is competent may, to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-174

For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rules relating to the composition and operation of the assize court are set out in article 698-6.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-170

…jurisdiction.This article is applicable when the investigating chamber of the Paris court of appeal rules on its jurisdiction.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…estigation of acts of financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery defined by articles L. 1333-13-5, L. 2339-15, L. 2341-2 and L. 2341-4 and the fourth paragr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-171

Where the Paris Criminal Court or Juvenile Court declares that it does not have jurisdiction on the grounds set out in Article 706-170, it shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to take action as…

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