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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-173

The management company of the fund and any entity responsible for the collection of sums due to or benefiting directly or indirectly the fund may agree that these sums will be credited to an account s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-1

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 529-2, of the protest lodged pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 529-5, of that provided for by III of Article 529-6 or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D593-2

…of the file of the criminal proceedings, as well as in cases where, pursuant to Articles 77-2,80-2,114,388-4,393,394,495-8,627-6,696-10,706-105 and 803-3, he or she may consult the file, the lawyer,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-19

…of people exposed for medical purposes covered, where applicable, by articles L. 6313-1 to L. 6313-11 of the French Labour Code.Health professionals requesting medical diagnostic procedures using ion…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-25

…nvalid by court decision:a) If its subject matter is not patentable under the terms of Articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11 and L. 611-13 to L. 611-19;b) If it does not set out the invention clearly and comp…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 695

…matters (taking of evidence) (recast) ;10° Social investigations ordered pursuant to articles 1072, 1171 and 1221 ;11° The remuneration of the person appointed by the judge to hear the minor, pursuant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-3

…forcement judge or, if the second paragraph of article 131-9 or the second paragraph of article 131-11 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement judge, referred to for this purpose by the public pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Taxable properties

Article 1381

…ied by others free of charge or in return for payment ; 6° Land on which installations exempt under 11° of Article 1382 are built; 7° Land, whether cultivated or not, used for commercial or industrial…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-8

…of Title IV, articles L. 821-3, L. 821-4, L. 821-5, L. 824-1, L. 824-3, L. 824-8, L. 824-9, L. 824-11 of this Code, and articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 and L. 521-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medical surveillance of specific categories of workers.

Article L4625-1

…cedures for the composition and operation of the board of directors provided for in Article L. 4622-11.In order to take account of specific local circumstances regarding the use of seasonal workers, t…

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