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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D631-1

…cle D. 211-5 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, the seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts called upon to hear actions relating to new plant varieties pursuant to article L. 623-31 of the Int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIIIa: Procedure applicable to health and environmental offences

Article D47-5-1

…rovenceProvence Amiens Amiens Angers Angers Basse-Terre Basse-Terre Bastia Bastia Besançon Besançon Bordeaux Bordeaux Châteauroux Bourges Coutances Caen Cayenne Cayenne Annecy Chambéry Strasbourg Colm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency

Article D47-12-7

By application of the provisions of article 706-75 of the code of criminal procedure, the judicial courts and assize courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article 716

…et accusées soumises à la détention provisoire sont placées en cellule individuelle, sauf dans les cas prévus par les dispositions de l'article L. 213-5 of the same code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Safety

Article D282

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 214-28 du code pénitentiaire, en cas de décès d'une personne détenue, le chef de l'établissement donne les avis prévus à l'article D. 214-26 of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Damage to private property caused by public works

Article 1059

Subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, plans, reports, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Health organisation

Article D364

…tenue s'engage à une grève de la faim prolongée, il en est rendu compte aux autorités à prévenir en cas d'incident dans les conditions déterminées par les dispositions de l'article D. 214-26 of the sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: The National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers

Article A131-2

…tional Council of sworn brokers of goods, under the following conditions:-courts of appeal of Agen, Bordeaux, Pau and Toulouse; -Aix-en-Provence, Bastia, Montpellier and Nîmes appeal courts; -Besançon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVI: Procedure applicable in the event of pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships and damage to maritime cultural property

Article D47-13-1

In application of the provisions of Article 706-107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judicial courts and the court of first instance designated in the table below are competent to hear, in the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 15: Sweeping tax

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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