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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Judicial administration of evidence

Article R153-3

On pain of inadmissibility, the party or third party to the proceedings who invokes the protection of business secrecy for a document whose communication or production is requested shall provide the j…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-23

Urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale ayant élargi ou non leurs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-71

Permission to leave the prison is granted or refused by reasoned order, after consulting the director of prison services, the director of the public health establishment and the public prosecutor. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R210

The only printouts that must be paid for as legal costs are: 1° That of publications or insertions of press releases, relating to decisions to dismiss cases, which are ordered by the examining magistr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-124

…the penalties set out in Chapters VII and VIII of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-15

Advances and loans to the Regional Banks also become due and payable if repayments are not made within three months, except in exceptional circumstances approved in each case by the Board of Directors…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-20

The caisses de crédit mutuel must justify their objectives in accordance with the general principles of Crédit Mutuel and in particular be non-profit making, limit their activity to a specific territo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches.

Article L7322-4

The provisions of the collective agreements mentioned in article L. 7322-3 may, after consultation with the professional organisations concerned, be made compulsory by the administrative authority for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-3

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° Adverse reaction means a noxious reaction occurring under normal conditions of use of a foodstuff in humans or resulting from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-23

The configuration of the living areas of a premises is considered not to be cramped when the following cumulative conditions are met:1° One of these living areas has a surface area of at least nine sq…

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