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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

…this rendering, the rules applicable to the payment of royalties to the author as well as the procedures for informing the author;5° From II of article L. 132-17-4 relating to derogations from certai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-18

The Prefect shall request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the following cases: a) If the allocation of the subsidised investment has been modified without his authorisation before the exp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-20

…d in the wanted persons file in accordance with the provisions of 1° of I of l'article 23 de la loi n° 2003-239 du 18 mars 2003 pour la sécurité intérieure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-87-1

…cal surgery" modality comprises the following entries: I.-Category A providing oncology surgery in adults for one or more of the following seven tumour locations, mentioned in the authorisation, and e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-69

Even outside the case provided for by articles 712-16-1 and 712-16-2 and D. 49-68, the victim may be notified by the sentence enforcement judge of any decision providing for his or her compensation in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-9

…h Agency shall send the body responsible for managing the register referred to in Article D. 4113-118 a monthly update of the data resulting from the operations provided for in Articles D. 4354-7 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Safety

Article D274

In accordance with the provisions of article D. 221-5 of the Penitentiary Code, the judicial authority shall be informed, with a view to the possible application of the penalties provided for in artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Management of prisoners' property

Article D325

In accordance with the provisions of Article D. 332-11 of the Penitentiary Code, when a convicted prisoner is subject to an obligation to compensate civil parties, the public prosecutor at the court t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-6

The payment notice specifies the methods of payment of the fixed fine provided for in article D. 45-8.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special procedures for determining the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 D

For the determination of the rental value of industrial fixed assets whose ownership is, pursuant to the loi n° 2014-872 du 4 août 2014 portant réforme ferroviaire, transférée à la SNCF ou à SNCF Rése…

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