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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-5

…rovided for in article 390 or summons as provided for in article 390-1, the parties or their lawyer may, before any defence on the merits or at any time during the proceedings, request, by written sub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2311-5

…nd of the financial year. Between the mandating deadline set in the third paragraph of article L. 1612-11 and the deadline for voting on local tax rates provided for in Article 1639 A of the General T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-5

…processing and marketing costs is prohibited where the purpose of such an offer or practice is, or may be, to eliminate an undertaking or one of its products from a market or prevent access to a mark…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-54

…the supervisory board and statutory auditor;As regards the statutory auditor, the business address may be declared instead of the domicile;3° Where the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° above are legal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation

Article L5211-5-1

…e same time as the list of municipalities concerned under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-5.They are approved by order of the State representative(s) in the department(s) concerned.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55

…e by the State on the gross gaming revenue achieved by the establishment.The amount of this payment may not, however, have the effect of increasing by more than 5% the amount of actual operating reven…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-2

I.-Where the author has transferred all or part of his rights on an exclusive basis, he may, in the absence of any exploitation of his work, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part of those ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-5

The provisions of articles L. 820-5, L. 820-6 and L. 820-7 of the French Commercial Code apply to the statutory auditors of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 57-1

Officers of the judicial police or, under their responsibility, officers of the judicial police may, in the course of a search carried out under the conditions provided for in this code, access via a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-54

…operating rules of the hospital foundation in compliance with the provisions of amended law no. 87-571 of 23rd July 1987 on the development of sponsorship, article L. 6141-7-3 and this section. The d…

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