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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-70

…regulations in force concerning traffic or navigation in French maritime or inland waters. The nautical and land-based surveillance and intervention resources used to teach light sailing are adapted t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 14: Limitation period.

Article L511-78

…arred after one year from the date of the protest drawn up in due time or from the due date, in the case of a no-cost return clause. Actions by endorsers against each other and against the drawer are…

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

Article L956-7

…conomic and social interest of maintaining the autonomy of the farm that is the subject of the application ; Taking into account, in the case of the enlargement or amalgamation of holdings, the possib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-74

Authorisation to carry out cardiac surgery may only be granted or renewed if the health establishment or health cooperation group can demonstrate, for cardiac surgery, for each site, an annual activit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 79

Preliminary investigations are compulsory in felony cases; except where special provisions apply, they are optional in misdemeanour cases; they may also take place in misdemeanour cases if the public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706

The following may perform the duties of a specialist assistant to an investigating division mentioned in article 52-1 or a judicial court mentioned in articles 704 or 705 category A or B civil servant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article 715

…and the president of the assize court, as well as the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor, may give all necessary orders either for the investigation or for the trial, which must be carried o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 70

…flagrant offence punishable by at least three years' imprisonment so require, the public prosecutor may, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article 73, issue a search warrant fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-7

Information relating to operations carried out on the national territory by insured persons located in France is transmitted in the form of the following statement for each of the sections "x" whose c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…° Raw milk, except where it is delivered in bulk directly to the final consumer by the operator who carries out the packaging in full view of the consumer or via an automatic liquid dispenser, in acco…

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