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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L711-3

…d design; 8° A third party's personality right, in particular to their surname, pseudonym or image; 9° The name, image or reputation of a local authority or a public establishment for inter-communal c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article L511-22

…fety of products and services designated by order of the Minister responsible for consumer affairs; 9° Administrators of maritime affairs, officers of the technical and administrative corps of maritim…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L592-2

For the application of the provisions of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° With the exception of articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-3, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28, L. 531-30, L. 561-3…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-23 (art. A231-3)

…r child's age at the doctor's? (This health check-up is scheduled at ages 2, 3, 4, 5, between 8 and 9, between 11 and 13 and between 15 and 16). □ □ If you answered YES to one or more questions, you n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…rtakes to perform duties in respect of that branch equivalent to those assigned by Articles L. 533-29 to L. 533-31-5 to the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body performing equiv…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-32

The obligation set out in article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

…e in a rescue operation or of injuries received in this operation, cited to the order of the Nation;9° Police officers and gendarmes who die in the performance of their mission or of injuries received…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater-0 B bis

…he findings of fact made in the course of one of the procedures provided for in Articles 53,75 and 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and that the tax authorities are informed under the conditions p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-2

…adaptations provided for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2002-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-28

I. - Shall have access to all or, by reason of their attributions, part of the data mentioned in

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