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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60

…he implementation of : 1° This Code and for the purposes of fraud detection ; 2° Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European U…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1121-2

…profit-sharing measures or the distribution of shares, training, redeployment, assignment, qualification, classification, professional promotion, working hours, performance assessment, transfer or r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5

…c) To the preparation of medicinal products made extemporaneously and by unit in pharmacies, on medical prescription, nor to acts concerning medicinal products so prepared ; d) To studies and trials r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

A European patent with unitary effect and a French patent application or a French patent with the same filing date or the same priority date, covering the same invention and belonging to the same inve…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resolution

Article 1229

Resolution terminates the contract. Resolution takes effect, depending on the case, either under the conditions provided for by the resolutory clause, or on the date of receipt by the debtor of the no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72

The offences mentioned in articles 323-1 to 323-4-1 and 411-9 of the Criminal Code, when committed on an automated information processing system, shall be prosecuted, investigated and judged according…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-10

The State guarantee referred to in article R. 442-8-9 is granted in respect of cover pursuant to e of 1° of article L. 432-2 to companies authorised to carry out credit insurance operations in France…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-11

…ion of the transaction, the acquiring company permanently holds all the shares representing all the capital of the acquired companies or the same company permanently holds all the shares representing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article D623-58-1

…e joint conciliation commission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following adaptations: 1° The words: "Directo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-5

…by the resolution college separately or in combination.A measure to segregate assets taken in application of the provisions of sub-paragraph 5 may not be implemented independently of the implementati…

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