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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

Effective technological measures intended to prevent or limit uses not authorised by the holders of a copyright or a right related to copyright in a work, other than software, a performance, a phonogr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Penalty procedure

Article L327-13

I.-When any interested party, the Minister responsible for culture or the competent authority of another Member State of the European Union refers to it facts likely to constitute a breach of the prov…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-2

A commercial practice is misleading if it is committed in any of the following circumstances: 1° Where it creates confusion with another good or service, a trade mark, trade name or other distinguishi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-42-1

Electronic communications service providers shall compensate consumers in the following cases and in accordance with the following rules: 1° In the event of a delay in porting the number, the compensa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of information, transparency and comparison of tenders

Article L224-42-4

An online platform operator, within the meaning of article L. 111-7, offering end-users, free of charge, a tool for comparing and evaluating publicly available Internet access service offerings and in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

Prior to the conclusion of a contract: 1° Providers of publicly available electronic communications services shall communicate information relating in particular to the quality of the service rendered…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-2

When the proceedings are adjourned to a later hearing, the judge may organise the exchanges between the parties appearing. After having heard their opinions, the judge may thus set the time limits and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 44-1

For offences that municipal police officers are authorised to record by means of a procès-verbal in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 511-1 and L. 512-2 of the Internal Security Code and w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-2

In the event of prosecution for a crime or for an offence mentioned in article 706-47, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may impose a communication ban for a period of ten days. This measure may be renewed, but only for a further period of ten days.…

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