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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-9

The penalties laid down in Articles L. 654-3 to L. 654-5 the fact:1° In the interest of the persons mentioned in article L. 654-1, to remove, conceal or hide all or part of their movable or immovable…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-42

Where the invention concerns a micro-organism, any person may, either from the date of publication provided for in Article R. 612-39, or before that date if it has been notified of a copy of the paten…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-3

The liabilities of an economic loan fund referred to in article R. 332-14-2 may take one of the following forms: 1° Units, giving rise to identical rights to capital and interest, resulting either fro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior formalities

Article R2-6

For the application of the provisions of 3° of article 10-5, may consult the information and personal data recorded in the context of criminal proceedings in the automated national registry of judicia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-19

The restraining order combined with the obligation to wear an electronic anti-removal bracelet is ordered for a period that may not exceed six months. It may be extended for the same period in accorda…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to speeding offences

Article A37-11

Notwithstanding articles A. 37-7 to A. 37-10, the characteristics of the forms used for the contraventions punishable by articles R. 413-14 et R. 413-17 of the Highway Code insofar as they concern exc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-2

…an offence contrary to honour, probity or accepted principles of morality, as recorded in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record;The Director General of the Regional Health Agency will ensure that thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Employers employing casual entertainment workers

Article R6331-73

I.-The bodies mentioned in article L. 6131-3 collect the contribution defined in article L. 6331-55, within the limit of the rate mentioned in the second paragraph of the same article, and transfer it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article R6332-63

The following articles are applicable to the training insurance funds for non-salaried persons authorised under this section, including the training insurance funds for non-salaried persons employed a…

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