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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Sale before judgement and release of perishable goods and means of transport.

Article 389

…means of transport whose release on bail or deposit has been offered by means of an official report and has not been accepted by the party, as well as in the event of the seizure of objects that canno…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-38

…or through a delegate or mediator a penal composition, pursuant to the provisions of articles 41-2 and 41-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-3

…r applying article L. 113-3 of the Consumer Code to health services covered by article L. 1111-3, I and the second paragraph of II of article L. 1111-3-2 of this code with regard to display, presentat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Liens and security interests

Article A743-11

…led 2.24 € 88 Mention of a dispute in the margin of an entry 1.13 € 89 Privilege of social security and supplementary schemes Registration, including total cancellation of a registration that has not…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Hiking routes.

Article L343-6

…articles L. 361-1 et L. 361-2 du code de l'environnement.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Archives

Article L1421-3

…ules relating to the right of pre-emption over private archives exercised by the State on behalf of and at the request of local authorities are laid down by the provisions of articles L. 212-34 à L. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Tissue retrieval from living donors

Article R1241-3-3

…in Article R. 1241-3-2, the conditions for expressing consent, obtaining a retrieval authorisation and informing the Agence de la biomédecine, as provided for in Article L. 1231-1, shall apply.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 367

The judge may, at the request of the parties or of his own motion, order the joinder of several proceedings pending before him if there is a link between the disputes such that it is in the interests…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 368

Decisions to join or separate proceedings are measures of judicial administration.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 3

The civil action may be brought at the same time as the public action and before the same court. It will be admissible for all counts of damage, both material and bodily or moral, arising from the act…

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