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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 46

If the police commissioner is unable to act, the public prosecutor shall appoint, for a full year, one or more replacements from among the commissioners, commanders or captains of police residing with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 48

If there is no police commissioner at the place where the police court sits, the public prosecutor shall designate, to exercise the functions of the public prosecutor, a police commissioner or a polic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48-4

Without prejudice to the application of III of Article L. 613-55-3, the reduction referred to in I of Article L. 613-48 in the nominal value of an own funds instrument or an eligible commitment is def…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

I.-Notwithstanding I of Article 11-2, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the administration in writing of a conviction, even if not final, for one or more of the offences mentioned in II of this artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-4

International agreements concerning both areas of State competence and areas of regional competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of Articles L. 4433-4-2 and L. 4433-4-3-2 is not applied, ne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

LIST OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES D. 4151-31 TO D. 4151-34Table I LIST OF THERAPEUTIC CLASSES OR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AUTHORISED TO MIDWIVES FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL U…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-4

An action brought in accordance with Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Infringements of the obligation to control access by minors to cinemas

Article R432-4

For an adult responsible for the supervision of a minor, accompanying the minor into a cinema where a cinematographic work is being shown, the showing of which is forbidden to spectators of the minor'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Part-time work.

Article L212-4-4

An agreement or an extended collective branch agreement or a company or establishment agreement may reduce the period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 212-4-3, within which the employ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 431

In cases where officers of the judicial police, agents of the judicial police or officials and agents entrusted with certain functions of the judicial police have been empowered by a special provision…

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