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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: National holiday voucher agency

Article L411-16

…in particular from the investment of funds received in return for the transfer of holiday vouchers; 4° Financial assistance in the form of subsidies, loans or advances granted by the State and public…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-20

…France, in all of its establishments, and who is already a member of another grouping or agreement;4° No programming agreement binds the grouping or cartel to another grouping or cartel;5° All the me…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-10

…ble, authorisation to release the registrations and to cancel the summons to pay in lieu of seizure;4° The statements of registrations provided for in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 521…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: State occupation and concession assets

Article L3132-5

At the end of the works concession contract or the contract granting a public service concession, the assets referred to in article L. 3132-4 that have been depreciated during the performance of the c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

The purchaser may award a contract without prior publicity or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not poss…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-3-1

…offering or providing services under the sign; 3° Importing or exporting the goods under the sign ; 4° The use of the sign as a trade name or company name or as part of a trade name or company name; 5…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-8

…or administrative control by the public authority by virtue of legislative or regulatory provisions;4° To the issue of labels or marks provided for by the article L. 2134-1 of the French Labour Code a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 803

The closure order may only be revoked if a serious cause has come to light since it was made; the constitution of a lawyer subsequent to the closure does not, in itself, constitute a cause for revocat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

…or her legal representative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons mentioned in 4° of Article 622-2 who intend to submit an application for review to the Court of Revision and Reco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-33

…3° Hearing a witness, an expert, a victim, a suspect, a person being prosecuted or a third party; 4° Identifying subscribers holding a specific telephone number or persons holding a specific interne…

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