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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-5

Where the place of assignment to be designated is not the home of the person under investigation, the written agreement of either the owner or the holder(s) of the lease for the premises where the rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Transit

Article 695-51

The provisions of the Articles 695-47 to 695-50 shall apply to requests for transit submitted by a Member State of the European Union or by a State linked to the European Union by an agreement mention…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-55

…municipal cooperation body applying the provisions of article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code and whose per capita financial potential is lower than the average per capita financial potential of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-5

…muneration proportional to the operating revenue or, in the cases provided for in articles L. 131-4 and L. 132-6, a flat fee.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-5

Certificates of addition applied for prior to the entry into force of Law No. 90-1052 of 26 November 1990 on industrial property shall remain subject to the rules applicable on the date of their appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-5

…be able to prove within a short period of time the material accuracy of the statements, indications and presentations contained in the advertisement.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

…ded for in articles L. 217-8 to L. 217-19. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, acting on the basis of article L. 524-2 or intervening in the proceedings, con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

…for departments or regions, from the modification, subsequent to the date of transfer of the taxes and due to the State, of the base or rates of these taxes are fully compensated, local authority by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

…eration with its own tax status of which the communes concerned were members.All the assets, rights and obligations of the abolished public establishment(s) of inter-communal cooperation with its own…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-5

…requires that the investigations in progress not be interrupted in any way, authorise the officers and agents of the judicial police services or units that were in charge of the investigation to cont…

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