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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Rules and monitoring of the enforcement of sentences

Article D158

…s 131-6,131-10or 132-45 of the Criminal Code, or as part of a protection order pursuant to Article 515-11 of the Civil Code, or if they result from a decision to suspend or withdraw the exercise of pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Decisions on public action

Article 367

…is not in custody at the time the judgment is rendered and is sentenced to imprisonment, the court may, by special reasoned decision, decide to issue a committal order, with immediate or deferred eff…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: State

Article L111-3

…e by the same Minister and sworn in under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, may investigate and draw up reports on the offences provided for by the provisions of this Code, wit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-24

…to provide such information shall have no effect on the expiry of the registration.The registration may be renewed for a further period of ten years by declaration of the proprietor of the trade mark…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-86

…9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18°, 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code. The sentence enforcement judge may order the suspension of the sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance for family,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5216-1

…ation of more than 50,000, around one or more central municipalities with a population of more than 15,000. The population threshold of 15,000 does not apply when the agglomeration community includes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-1

…permanent care provided by self-employed doctors under the second paragraph of article L. 6133-6 ; 15° The rules for joining, withdrawing and excluding members, as well as the procedures for hearing…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-49

The employees mentioned in 1° to 4° and 9° to 11° of Article L. 5212-13 benefit, at their request, under the appropriate measures provided for in Article L. 5213-6, from individualised timetable adjus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for airports

Article L5125-7-1

When one or more pharmacies are located within an airport in the airside zone or in the landside zone within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L941-2-1

For its application in French Polynesia, Article L. 123-11-5 of the French Commercial Code is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows: Customs officers are qualified to investigate and establish…

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