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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-3

…est of the sentence enforcement judge, by the President of the Bar, in accordance with Article 706-116.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Guarantee fund for agricultural disasters in the overseas departments

Article 1635 bis AA

…ion to insurance premiums or contributions relating to insurance agreements covering exclusively or mainly damage to soil, crops, crops, buildings, and dead or live livestock assigned to agricultural…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-2

The Board may take a decision to close the case if it finds that the offence of which the person concerned is accused has not been established. This decision shall be notified to the person concerned…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16-1

An applicant who has not complied with the priority period instituted by Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

The Minister of the Interior may, by order, prohibit the individual or collective movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

A European patent with unitary effect and a French patent application or a French patent with the same filing date or the same priority date, covering the same invention and belonging to the same inve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-5

Within one month of receipt of the letter provided for in article R. 160-4, the opposing party must bring his action before the competent court and notify the company, by electronic registered mail wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Audits and complaints

Article 1635 quater S

…lanning tax due for the construction. Where a discharge or reduction is granted, 9° of I of Article 1635 quater D does not apply to the reconstruction of the building.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-2

The representative of the State in the département or, in Paris, the Préfet de Police may, by decree, restrict the freedom of movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as suc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-3

I. - A limited partner may not take any external management action, except where he is the manager or management company of the company, and in that capacity only. In this case,article L. 222-6 of the…

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