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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-65

An order of the Minister responsible for the chambers of commerce and industry sets, by reference to the nomenclatures of activities and products of the Institut national de la statistique et des étud…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-67

Personal data collected and used by territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry in connection with the preparation of the study provided for in article R. 713-66 shall not be interconne…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-36

…tion of the Public Prosecutor, issue an arrest warrant for him or her. The provisions of Article 74-2 shall then apply, the powers of the public prosecutor and the liberty and custody judge provided f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-6

I. - On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to archiving

Article A53-6

The digital procedural file, defined in article D. 589-1, is archived in a secure electronic archiving system. This system guarantees the preservation, integrity, intelligibility and accessibility of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibitions.

Article L5331-6

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Judicial protection

Article L431-6

…y person who claims that an appellation of origin is being used to his direct or indirect detriment and against his right, to a natural or manufactured product, contrary to the origin of that product,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-29-1

Experts are entered on the list provided for in Article L. 1142-10 for one or more areas of expertise.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-20-1

Where there are not enough alternate members to replace the full members who have ceased to hold office for any reason, additional elections shall be held within a maximum period of six months followi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R312-6

When not deputised, a member of the committee may give a mandate to another member of the same college, whether a full member or a deputy, to represent him or her. The same person may not hold more th…

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