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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-17

…rty or the proceeds of their sale to the court or to the Victims' Trust Fund. Such property or sums may also be allocated to the victims, if the court has so decided and proceeded to designate them. A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-17

The following are by nature unfit for habitation and may not therefore be made available for habitation, whether free of charge or in return for payment, in application of article L. 1331-23 : 1° Cell…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-17

…ons performed on samples transmitted by a medical biology laboratory pursuant to Article L. 6211-19 may not exceed 15% of the total number of medical biology examinations performed in whole or in part…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-16

…rvations on the valuation methods used to draw them up; 3° Any irregularities and inaccuracies they may have discovered; 4° The conclusions to which the above observations and rectifications lead on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, on his own initiative or at the request of the Prefect, have additional analyses carried out at the expense of the person responsible for the pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-17

…blication of the order subjecting the patent to the ex officio licence system, any qualified person may apply to the Minister responsible for industrial property for the grant of a licence to exploit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-17

…ovided for by law, public proceedings are extinguished by payment of a fixed fine set by law, which may not exceed the amount provided for in the first paragraph of Article 131-13 of the Penal Code, u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-176

The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, hearing and judgment of the offences provided f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-17

…omic grounds are urgent, unavoidable and essential during the observation period, the administrator may be authorised by the juge-commissaire to make such redundancies. Prior to the referral to the of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article D551-17

…he applicant's vulnerability. Within two months of being notified of this decision, the beneficiary may lodge an appeal with the Director General of the Office Français de l'Immigration et de l'Intégr…

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