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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-6

A person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision may apply to the court that handed down the sentence or, in the event of more than one conviction, to the last court to have given a ruling, to be reli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-1

…State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Registration may be refused if there is a danger to public health. Registration is valid for five years. It may b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-6

…and payment appropriations.Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be committed for the execution of investments. They remain valid for an unlimited period until t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-9

I. - The Hearing Officer shall hold office for a term of five years. He may be reappointed once.II. - The Hearing Officer may intervene at the request of a party. He may also draw the attention of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and activities.

Article R5142-2

…edicated feedingstuffs, where the manufacturer or importer does not itself operate the business, it may only wholesale or transfer free of charge the medicinal products it manufactures or imports thro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-1

…ested party or of the public prosecutor, the president of the court, ruling in summary proceedings, may enjoin, subject to a fine, the manager of any legal person to file the documents and deeds in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-2

The business project support contract is concluded for a period that may not exceed twelve months, renewable twice. The terms of the support and preparation programme and the respective commitments of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-61

Members of the Management Board or the sole Managing Director may be dismissed by the General Meeting and, if the Articles of Association so provide, by the Supervisory Board. If the dismissal is deci…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L327-15

Decisions handed down by the Enforcement Board may be appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal by the sanctioned organisation or by the chairman of the Enforcement Board. Such appeals do not have suspens…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-1

…product, characterised in particular by its lines, contours, colours, shape, texture or materials, may be protected as a design. These characteristics may be those of the product itself or of its orn…

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