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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…ight-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 202…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-15

If the articles of association are drawn up by private deed, as many originals as are necessary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…e claims to which a special legal mortgage is attached are as follows: 1° The claim for the sale price of an immovable is secured on it; 2° The claim of the person who provided the funds for the acqui…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-28

…ISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2224-7, L. 2224-7-1 and L. 2224-8 (I and II) law no. 2006-1772 of 30 December 2006 L. 2224-11 to L. 2224-11-2 law no. 2006-1772 of 30 December 2006 First paragraph of arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article R3332-2

The proportional royalty per kilowatt-hour produced on hydropower is determined in accordance with the provisions adopted for the application of article 67 of law n° 53-79 of 7 February 1953 and relat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-12

The CE marking is affixed under the responsibility of the manufacturer or his authorised representative, in a visible, legible and indelible manner on the in vitro diagnostic medical device where this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 143-1

…nded in one of the cases listed below: 1° The person under investigation is facing a criminal sentence; 2° The person under investigation is facing a correctional sentence of three years' imprisonment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-2

…of the provisions of articles 143-1,144,144-1,145-2,145-3 or 706-24-3, but that it is likely to place the victim at risk, the court shall place the person under investigation under judicial supervisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-3

Where the duration of pre-trial detention exceeds one year in criminal cases or eight months in misdemeanour cases, decisions ordering its extension or rejecting applications for release must also inc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-1

Pre-trial detention may not exceed a reasonable length of time, having regard to the seriousness of the offences with which the person under investigation is charged and the complexity of the investig…

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