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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Restoration proceedings

Article R613-52

The restoration remedies provided for in articles L. 612-16 and L. 612-16-1 shall be submitted to the Director General of the Institute by the holder of the deposit, who must be the holder entered in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 quater

…ds or documents on a computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

…g to identify a person by his or her genetic fingerprints outside the cases provided for in Article 16-11 of the Civil Code or outside a measure of investigation or enquiry carried out during a proced…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-12

…benefit from the rights of pre-emption and substitution provided for by the articles 815-14 to 815-16 and 815-18 of this code. The agreement is deemed to have been concluded for an indefinite period…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-19

…ohibit any representation by persons exercising one of the professions mentioned in article L. 7124-16. He shall also require proof, in accordance with article L. 7124-18, of the origin and identity o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-68

The notice sent to the victim pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 712-16-2 informs the victim that if the convicted person breaches the prohibition on receiving, meeting or entering into contac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-1

…uivalent to a regulated market by the European Commission pursuant to Article 25(4)(a) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial inst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

…market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology, and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU are registered in a shared electronic record-keep…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-4

The one-month extension of the presumption mentioned in article R. 211-16 applies to the certificate. The one-month extension of the presumption mentioned in article R. 211-16 does not apply to the pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R5211-38

…ases provided for by IV of Article L. 5210-1-1 and by Articles 60 and 61 of the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, decisions are taken by an absolute majo…

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