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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…made in application of article L. 132-17-8 of this code and articles L. 213-28 to L. 213-37 and L. 251-5 to L. 251-13 of the Code du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, the conditions under which the account…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55-1

…ames by the casino. For each circle game, the deduction made by the casino is set by regulation. It may not exceed 5% of a base made up, depending on the type of game, of the players' bets, their winn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-3

I. - For the purposes of implementing Article L. 613-55-6, the resolution board may automatically terminate the financial and derivative contracts mentioned in Sections 4 to 10 of Section C of Annex I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements

Article D1271-5-1

For employees declared by an individual referred to in 3° of article L. 133-5-6 of the Social Security Code to the body referred to in article L. 133-5-10 of the same code and whose number of hours wo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

…rosecutor;4° A decision that the person is not criminally responsible on grounds of mental disorder;5° An indictment, where the investigating judge has ordered the decision to be entered in the ; in c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5-1

…isions of article L. 1614-3, or losses of tax revenue pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1614-5, shall take place within six months of the publication of the legislative or regulatory provisions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-5

…refusal on his part to pass on the information to the members of his family potentially concerned; 5° the elements likely to appear in the written document referred to in the first paragraph of Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56-1

…the bodies it has authorised to ensure ongoing compliance with the obligations listed in Article R. 5211-56, under the conditions laid down in Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 920/2013.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

I.-Text and data mining, within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 122-5, means the implementation of a technique for the automated analysis of texts and data in digital form in order to extract informa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

…the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in art…

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