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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 533

The articles 388-1,388-2,388-3,388-4 and 390 to 392-1 are applicable before the police court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-5

…ludes all formalities, in particular the receipt of the copy of the protest, the issue of a receipt and the entry in the register and files, as well as, in the case of cheque protests, the receipt and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by one of these States or by a third State and recognised by a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R4221-13-5

…on behalf of the Minister for Health, will issue the licences provided for in articles L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2, after obtaining the opinion of the practice licence commission referred to in arti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 524

…er de la Mise en Condition may, in the event of an appeal, decide, at the request of the respondent and after hearing the submissions of the parties, the removal of the case from the roll where the ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2212-5-1

Communes and groups of communes which have set up a revenue authority to collect the proceeds of fines pursuant to articles L. 511-1 and L. 512-2 of the Internal Security Code and article L. 130-4 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 526

It is forbidden to hold or offer for sale works marked with false hallmarks or stolen hallmarks (1) or on which the hallmark marks are found attached, soldered or counter-stamped. These works will be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 541

…attributable to the accused, it shall dismiss the accused from the prosecution. The articles 470-1 and 472 are applicable.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-19

The employer consults the social and economic committee on any takeover offer that it wishes to take up and indicates the reasons for accepting the offer, particularly with regard to the offeror's abi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 571

The suppliers mentioned in Article 570 are required to declare each of their establishments to the administration. The department's agents may freely carry out any necessary checks inside these establ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1

…n convicted by a foreign criminal court of an offence of the same nature as those referred to in 1° and 2° of Article 706-55, where these convictions, pursuant to an international convention or agreem…

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