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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52

The investigating judge of the place where the offence was committed, the investigating judge of the place of residence of one of the persons suspected of having taken part in the offence, the investi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Manufacturers

Article 533

Manufacturers of gold, silver and platinum articles are required to make themselves known to the office of guarantee on which they depend and to have their particular hallmark inscribed there, with th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Trial procedures

Article 530

…vice or the approved inspection body is found to be lower than the declared legal title, a new test may be carried out if the owner so requests. When the new test confirms the result of the first, the…

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

Article R57-5-5

At any time during the information procedure, judicial isolation may be terminated by order of the investigating judge, acting ex officio, on the application of the public prosecutor, at the request o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 57

…ly impossible to determine the child's sex on the day the record is drawn up, the public prosecutor may authorise the civil registrar not to include the sex immediately on the birth record. The medica…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-3

…provisions to the contrary in the agreement, each partner is manager of the undivided property and may exercise the powers recognised by articles 1873-6 to 1873-8. For the administration of undivided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-18

…onale de l'informatique et des libertés. The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés may, in order to carry out its duties as defined inarticle 66 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 57

…they disagree and their respective pleas in law. In addition to the information set out in article 54, also on pain of nullity:-when it is made by a single party, an indication of the surname, first…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 56

…nullity, in addition to the particulars prescribed for bailiff's writs and those set out in Article 54 :

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to customs offices and brigades.

Article 52

1. The municipal administrations and, in their absence, those of the department are required, when requisitioned by the heads of the customs service, to designate the houses and sites suitable for the…

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