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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-51

In application of 7° of Article 696-50, the obligations listed in Article 138 may also be followed in France, under the same conditions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-54

…l of the application for recognition and enforcement and shall preclude enforcement of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision pursuant to this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches.

Article L7322-6

Any clause conferring jurisdiction included in a contract concluded between an undertaking referred to in article L. 7322-2 and a self-employed branch manager is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Live performance promoters established in France

Article R7122-6

Any change in the information contained in the declaration must be notified to the Regional Prefect within fifteen days of this change, by updating the declaration using the teleservice mentioned in a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedural frameworks

Article 696-114

However, where it is necessary either to investigate a person or to place him or her under the status of an assisted witness, or to have recourse to investigative acts which can only be ordered in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-6

…draw up a single budget for drinking water and wastewater services if the two services are subject to the same rules for liability to value added tax and if they are managed in the same way. The budg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Invalidity of a registration

Article L512-6

A court decision declaring a design to be totally or partially invalid shall have absolute effect. It is entered in the national register mentioned in Article L. 513-3.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Controls on certain operations carried out within the European Community.

Article 65 C

…provisions of Articles 1, 2 and 3, of this Title and of Titles XII and XV of this Code shall apply to the products referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Article 38.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-6

The provisions of articles L. 1225-4, L. 1225-4-3 and L. 1225-5 do not prevent the expiry of a fixed-term employment contract.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-6

…sory notes governed by articles L. 313-42 et seq. are treated in the same way as the loans referred to in article L. 513-3 , provided that the receivables secured by them comply with the conditions re…

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