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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-6

…or 628-3 by which an examining magistrate decides whether or not to relinquish jurisdiction or the Paris examining magistrate decides whether or not he has jurisdiction may, to the exclusion of any o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

…examining magistrate decides to relinquish jurisdiction or by which the examining magistrate of the Paris Judicial Court decides to decline jurisdiction may, to the exclusion of all other means of app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

…the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and of the arrangements, additional acts and closing protocols which have mo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-4

…after ensuring that they are formally in order, shall transmit them to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal and, at the same time, execute them throughout the territory of the Republic.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 E

…application of 1 of I of article 1636 B sexies to communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-communal co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Travel documents issued to foreign minors

Article D414-4

…ired must be returned by its holder to the prefect of the department where the minor resides or, in Paris, to the prefect of police.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another Member State of the European Union

Article R426-5

…cognised as a refugee or granted the benefit of subsidiary protection in France, the Prefect or, in Paris, the Police Prefect, will inform the authorities of that Member State so that they can amend t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article R621-1

…he surrender decision pursuant to articles L. 621-1 to L. 621-7 is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.However, in the cases provided for in articles L. 621-2 and L. 621-3, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2427

The mortgagee registered for a capital bearing interest and arrears, has the right to be collocated, for three years only, in the same rank as the principal, without prejudice to the specific registra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation (R)

Article R2223-56

…sued, for each of their establishments, by the prefect in the department where they are located. In Paris, authorisation is issued by the Prefect of Police. The latter also issues authorisation to for…

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