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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 64

…le. They are accompanied by a judicial police officer or a customs officer authorised underarticle 28-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Authorised customs officers may, during the visit, seize good…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-5-1

…ership of the property or if one of the joint owners is in one of the cases provided for in article 836, the alienation of undivided property may be authorised by the court, at the request of one or m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-1

…or the beneficiary of the exclusive right of exploitation the request provided for in Article L. 716-8 of this code, lodged within four working days of notification of the deduction referred to in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-8

…the tariffs set by the administrative authority or the tariffs mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code. This information is recorded in the patient's medical records.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-6

The processing authorised by article R. 333-5 may concern categories of personal data relating to:1° the identity of the person subject to the prohibition provided for in the first paragraph of articl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

…cording the original musical composition or producing and recording an original musical composition;3° Remuneration of authors, performers or image, sound or editing technicians who collaborated on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Increase in the fixed procedural fee in the event of a conviction for driving after using substances or plants classified as narcotics

Article A38-6

The fixed procedural fees provided for in the Article 1018 A of the General Tax Code shall, in accordance with the provisions of the ninth paragraph of that Article, be increased by a sum of 210 euros…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contracts of carriage other than removals

Article L224-65

…rtunity to effectively check that they are in good condition, the period referred to in article L. 133-3 du code de commerce which extinguishes all action against the valet is extended to ten days.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Work carried out using work equipment

Article R4323-62

…temporary work at a height cannot be performed from the work surface as referred to in Article R. 4323-58, appropriate work equipment is chosen to ensure and maintain safe working conditions. Priorit…

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