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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-2

When the evidence gathered in the course of proceedings concerning a crime or offence punishable by imprisonment reveals that a person who must be heard freely pursuant to article 61-1 is the subject…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5146-1-2

For the application of article L. 5146-2, the inspectors mentioned in article L. 5146-4 are authorised to investigate and establish criminal offences, at the end of the adaptation period, by decision…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-26-1

…trader, except where that content: 1° is of no use to the consumer once he no longer uses it; >and 2° relates only to the consumer's activity when he uses the digital content or digital service provi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-2

…r more sub-ledger accounts for the commitments of these contracts. This provision may be applied individually to a contract. The sub-ledger accounts relating to the operations of the supplementary pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-23

…he date on which the project is due to open to the public, the beneficiary must send the representative of the State in the department, the mayor and the chairman of the public establishment for inter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-27

The minimum repayment of the capital borrowed at each instalment provided for in article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…rds: "of the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer under the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 721-24"; 2° In the last paragraph of Article L. 526-37, the references to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-27

The file referred to in article

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

…eet the following conditions: 1° Have an organisation and resources enabling it to carry out its activities in accordance with the procedures defined by order of the Minister for Health, ensuring the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-22

The sole trader is a natural person who carries on one or more independent professional activities in his own name.The assets, rights, obligations and securities which he holds and which are useful fo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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