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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.

Article R321-36-2

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-38

…raw up a report of each of the operations to set up the technical means mentioned in Article 230-32 and the operations to record location data. This report shall mention the date and time when the ope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-37

The operations provided for in this chapter shall be carried out under the supervision of the magistrate who authorised them or who authorised their continuation. The fact that these operations reveal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-39

The judicial police officer or agent acting under his or her responsibility shall describe or transcribe, in a report which shall be placed in the file, the recorded data which are useful for establis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-36

…hority of the Minister of the Interior, the list of which shall be determined by decree, to install and remove the technical means referred to in l'article 230-32.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-30

…out in Article R. 1335-11 of the Public Health Code. However, subject to public health constraints and where these samples are the only elements that have enabled the deceased to be identified, the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-31

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-3

…declaration of invalidity was filed, in respect of the goods or services for which it is registered and which are relied on in support of the application, in accordance with the conditions laid down i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3-2

Owners of the common areas of apartment blocks referred to in article R. 1334-17 and buildings referred to in article R. 1334-18 who fail to meet one of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-2

…chairman of the institutional medical committee, together with the director of the medical training and research unit or the chairman of the medical education coordination committee; in the case of mi…

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