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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe II

…appointed administrators and court-appointed agents for the liquidation of companies, automated processing software that enables the professional users to comply with all the legal obligations to whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-19

I.-Procedures using ionising radiation carried out for the purposes of medical diagnosis, therapeutic management, screening, prevention or biomedical research are subject to an obligation of quality a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-25

…hall constitute the subject matter of the invalidity action brought.A party who, during the same proceeding, proceeds to several limitations of its patent, in a dilatory or abusive manner, may be orde…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 695

The costs relating to proceedings, deeds and enforcement procedures include:1° Duties, taxes, fees or emoluments collected by the registries of the courts or the tax authorities, with the exception of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-3

…ent, a convicted person has not complied with the prohibition imposed on him, pursuant to his sentence, from entering into contact with certain persons or certain categories of persons, to associate w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-19

In the event of non-compliance with the obligations incumbent on a convicted offender subject to a sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance, a probationary suspended sentence, a suspen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-12

…y sentencing decision transmitted pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and enforcement on French territory or that of another Member State or any request for transit shall be accom…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory negotiation procedures

Article L2242-13

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2242-11 or in the event of non-compliance with its stipulations, the employer shall initiate, in the undertakings referred to in that same…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Taxable properties

Article 1381

…f any kind and land forming an essential and immediate dependency of these constructions with the exception of land occupied by greenhouses assigned to an agricultural operation; 5° With the exception…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-8

In addition to the reimbursement of their travel expenses, calculated in accordance with the conditions laid down for travel by civil servants for the Ministry of Justice, each person appointed as an…

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