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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-6

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings in order to obtain an order, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-6

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences provided for in articles L. 335-2 to L. 335-4-2 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be inf…

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

Article 61-3

…as a perpetrator or accomplice, in the commission of a crime or offence punishable by imprisonment may request that a lawyer of his choice or, if he is unable to appoint one, a lawyer appointed ex of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-6

…1-3 et seq. of the Labour Code and the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code may agree to remit all or part of its debts to the debtor on terms similar to those that would be gr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63 bis

Customs officers may at any time visit artificial islands, installations and structures on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. They may also visit means of transport involved in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article L4061-6

…o a foreign army who do not meet the conditions for practising in France as determined by this Part may only perform on French territory the acts of their profession in respect of foreign nationals wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional identity card.

Article L7111-6

…sional identity card, the conditions of issue, period of validity, conditions and forms in which it may be cancelled being determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Former professional journalists m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-68

A masseur-physiotherapist may engage in another activity, unless this is incompatible with his professional independence, morality and dignity or is likely to enable him to profit from his prescriptio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-6

…rder of the Minister for Agriculture, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Consumer Affairs;6° For more than forty detainees, a recreation and relaxation room separate from the refectory, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Medical Risk Observatory.

Article D1142-64

…bers: 1° The President of the Haute Autorité de Santé (Health Authority) referred to in Article L. 161-37 of the Social Security Code; 2° The Director of the Agence nationale de santé publique ; 3° Th…

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