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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Water and sanitation.

Article D2573-22

…e word: "All". VII. - For the application of article R. 2224-19-8, the second paragraph is deleted. VIII. - For the application of II of article R. 2224-20, the words: "départementales de consommateur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

Bulletin no. 2 is the record of the criminal records applicable to the same person, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions, convictions with an exemption from sentence or a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-2

Convicts sentenced to a penalty that cannot give rise to a rehabilitation as of right benefit, upon simple request, from the exclusion of the mention of their conviction from bulletin no. 2, according…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 778

When, in the course of any proceedings, the public prosecutor or investigating judge finds that an individual has been convicted under a false identity or has usurped a civil status, the necessary rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776

The bulletin n° 2 of the criminal record is issued:1° To prefects and State public administrations dealing with applications for the duties of a commercial court judge, applications for public employm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 769

An entry shall be made in the criminal record of sentences or exemptions from sentences handed down after deferral of sentence, pardons, commutations or reductions of sentences, decisions suspending o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 774

The full list of criminal record entries applicable to the same person is recorded on a bulletin known as bulletin no. 1.Bulletin no. 1 is only issued to the judicial authorities.Where there is no cri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 773

The automated national criminal record communicates to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies the identity of persons who have been the subject of a decision resulting in the depriv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-3

The information contained in bulletin no. 2 of a person's criminal record, where it relates to a conviction handed down by a foreign court, is withdrawn on expiry of the periods provided for in Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-1 A

A legal entity's bulletin no. 2 is the record of the records applicable to it, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions that have been expressly excluded from being mentioned…

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