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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-28

…ion period. A copy of this decision is simultaneously sent to the Minister of Defence. The decision may contain special provisions authorising, under certain conditions, the filing abroad of applicati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Notification

Article L261-2

…referral. It will hear the parties to the transaction. At the end of this procedure, the commission may impose on the beneficiary of the transaction, in a reasoned decision, the obligations that it co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

…cial police officer, acting in the course of an investigation or on the basis of a letter rogatory, may proceed against any person against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence of having com…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article R331-20

…iovisuelle et numérique by a rights holder under the conditions provided for in I of Article L. 331-27 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means that can…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-1

…uire immediate coffining in a sealed coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in Article R. 2213-27, and its closure; b) The list of transmissible infections that require immediate coffining in a s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-4

…es, the nature of which is specified by the decrees provided for in articles R. 2142-24 and R. 2142-27. These orders determine the conditions for carrying out and renewing these tests. Embryos may not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-3

…of French Polynesia, in accordance with the articles 97 and 134 de la loi organique n° 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française,". III.-For the application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-10

…ll the conditions mentioned in Article 33(6) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, after receiving…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

…before 31 December 2023, the amounts of the logistics penalties it has imposed on its suppliers in 2021 and 2022 respectively, detailing them month by month as well as the amounts actually collected.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22

…eform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 on finance for 2018 shall receive in 2020, 2021 and 2022 allocations under the three fractions of the rural solidarity allocation at least equa…

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