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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article L4421-3

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-3

…former avocats à la Cour de cassation et au Conseil d'Etat having served for at least five years ; 3° Former notaries, former bailiffs and former auctioneers who have held office for at least five ye…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-30

…contributions from the European Communities, the State, local authorities and public establishments;3° Proceeds from borrowings ;4° Depreciation charges on movable and immovable property;5° Write-back…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National protocols

Article L4011-3

…Articles L. 162-5, L. 162-9, L. 162-11, L. 162-12-2, L. 162-12-9, L. 162-14, L. 162-14-1 and L. 162-32-1 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 2112-7 of this Code, insofar as they concern the tar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3

…ct to respect for copyright or related rights in the works or elements incorporated in the database;3° The extraction and re-use of a database under the conditions defined in 7° of Article L. 122-5, i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article L614-36

…ertificate or utility certificate is implemented after an application referred to in Article L. 614-32 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a patent, supplementary protection certificate o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-3

…after consulting the public prosecutor, modify or supplement the measures provided for in articles 131-36-2 et 131-36-3 of the Penal Code.His decision is enforceable by provision. It may be challenged…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-3

…e of the lawyers instructed to assist the spouses, as well as the bar at which they are registered; 3° A mention of the spouses' agreement to the breakdown of the marriage and its effects in the terms…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The territorial delegate of the Agence nationale du sport

Article R112-33

…resents the Agency in the region; 2° Is the Agency's secondary authorising officer for expenditure; 3° Receives delegated authority from the Agency's competent body to negotiate and conclude on its be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgments

Article D123-3

…for in…

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