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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R416

Article R. 147-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 147-1.-The rate for custody costs incurred by the immobilisation of a vehicle decided pursuant to articles 131-6 (5°) and 131-14 (2°) of the Penal Code…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R397

Article R. 96 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 96.-The requisition must be drawn up in two copies, one of which is given to the court clerk responsible for settling the costs of the trial and the other…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R312

Article R. 96 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 96.-The requisition must be drawn up in two copies, one of which is given to the court clerk responsible for settling the costs of the trial and the other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article R561-23

I. - The persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 shall inform the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 and their supervisory authority designated in Article L. 561-36 of the identity o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R332

Article R. 147-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 147-1.-The rate for custody costs incurred by the immobilisation of a vehicle decided pursuant to Articles 131-6 (5°) and 131-14 (2°) of the Penal Code…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-5

When the insurer intends to invoke the nullity of the insurance contract, its suspension or the suspension of cover, non-insurance or partial insurance against the victim or his beneficiaries, he must…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Private security guards

Article R15-33-25

The principal sends the application for approval to the prefect of the department where the property designated in the commission is located. This application includes: 1° The identity and address of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R298

Article R. 73 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 73.-Where the communication of notices of conviction is provided for by international conventions, copies of the records are drawn up and sent by the regis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-10

The Board of Directors regulates the affairs of the agency through its deliberations. It deliberates in particular on: 1° The budget and the administrative account; 2° Borrowings; 3° General action pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Setting the number of students

Article R4381-7

When the Minister responsible for health plans to fix for one or more academic years the number of students to be admitted to the first year of studies in the training institutes or schools for the pr…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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