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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions

Article 937

Persons remanded in custody until their appearance before the court may be held in a premises other than a prison until the third working day following the order prescribing detention at the latest. F…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-9

When the centre obtains its supplies in application of 6° of article R. 5124-45 of the present code, the holding, control, management and dispensing of medicinal products are carried out by a pharmaci…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-5

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer or, under the latter's supervision, the judicial police agent or investigation assistant may, with the express authorisat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-2

…of the investigation, it proves impossible to return movable property that has been placed in the hands of the law and whose retention is no longer necessary to establish the truth, either because th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-3

…nistration likely to hold documents relevant to the investigation, including, subject to Article 60-1-2, those originating from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over these d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-4

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may carry out the requisitions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 60-2.With the express authorisation of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-9

Votes for the election of representatives of the communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are counted by the commission set up in article 18 of the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 no…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and organisation of safety information and training

Article R4141-9

When a worker returns to work after being off work for at least twenty-one days, he shall, at the request of the occupational physician, receive the safety training provided for in this chapter. Where…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 976

I.-Properties in the nature of woods and forests are exempt up to three quarters of their taxable value if the conditions provided for in 2° of 2 of article 793 are satisfied. II.-Units in forestry gr…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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