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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-6

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to persons remanded for related offences. The court may, however, on the application of the public prosecutor and after hearing the observations of the parti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2361-6

…y the purchaser makes it impossible to comply with the minimum time limits set out in articles R. 2361-3 to R. 2361-5, the purchaser may set a time limit for receipt of tenders which may not be less t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-6

The territorial collectivity of French Guyana may, with the agreement of the authorities of the Republic, be an associate member of the regional bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 7…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 207

…s seised pursuant to the articles 81, last paragraph, 82, last paragraph, 82-1, second paragraph, 156, second paragraph, or 167, penultimate paragraph, it may either evoke and proceed under the condit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Execution studies

Article D2171-12

If the main contractor's team identified in the overall contract has not drawn up the execution studies or the summary plans, it must ensure that the documents it has not drawn up comply with the prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Arrangements for access to individual dosimetric monitoring data

Article R4451-67

…cess to all the results of their individual dosimetric monitoring and to their effective dose. They may ask the occupational physician or the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire for inf…

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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 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 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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