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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62

…credit used to finance their purchase; 2° The contract of sale or provision of services is automatically terminated, without compensation, if the borrower, within a period of fourteen days, exercises…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-6

Where France is responsible for examining the asylum application, foreign nationals are informed when their asylum application is registered of the languages in which they may be heard during the pers…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

…st the rank of controller who, in order to assess taxes instituted by existing laws, request communication of service documents in their possession, regardless of the medium. Category C customs office…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-6

…nge the administration's decision before the administrative court, to the exclusion of any hierarchical appeal. The fine is recovered in the same way as State debts other than taxes and property. Obje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-6

…al Security and, where necessary, the ministers concerned.As part of this programme, preventive medical consultations and screening examinations are provided for, the list of which is set by order of…

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

Article L713-6

…trade: 1° Of his surname or address where that third party is a natural person; 2° Of signs or indications which are devoid of any distinctive character or which relate to the kind, quality, quantity…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-3

…n sentence incurred, under the terms of that law, is equal to or greater than two years, or, in the case of a convicted person, when the sentence passed by the court of the requesting State is equal t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-6

I.-When the psychiatric care measure decided in application of 1° or 2° of II of article L. 3212-1 is terminated, the director of the host establishment notifies the representative of the State in Sai…

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

Article R714-6

The identification of a representative shall be recorded at the request of the representative or the proprietor of the trade mark entered in the National Trade Mark Register.The change or cancellation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-6

As stated in Article L. 2223-43 of the French General Code for Local Authorities, reproduced below: "Public or private health establishments that transport a body before committal and transfer a body…

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