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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-31

…at make reproductions or representations of a protected work or object suitable for disabled people may refer to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique any dispute r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-31

The payment notice provided for by II of Article 529-6 shall consist of a double-sided sheet and meet the characteristics specified by Articles A. 37-32 and A. 37-33.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

The measures mentioned in articles 712-5,712-6 and 712-7, with the exception of reductions in sentence not leading to immediate release and escorted leave authorisations, may not be granted without a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1748

…edure of prior formal notice instituted by the last three paragraphs of article 52 of the law of 22 March 1924 is not applicable to correctional proceedings provided for by the laws in force, with reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-24

…the third paragraph of article L. 1125-9 shall be punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Referral procedure of the labour inspector.

Article L3132-31

The Labour Inspector may, notwithstanding any criminal proceedings, refer the matter to the court in summary proceedings in order to order all appropriate measures to put an end to the unlawful employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-21

In wage portage companies, the seniority conditions are, for wage portage employees, three months to be eligible to vote and six months to be eligible to stand for election. These conditions are asses…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-21

The Labour Inspector conducts an adversarial investigation during which the occupational physician may, at his request, be assisted by a person of his choice from the staff of the occupational health…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-24

The above request shall contain the following information: a) The contact details of the competent judicial authority; b) A description of the facts which are the subject of the criminal proceedings c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Procedure for marketing AIFs in an EU Member State other than France

Article L214-24-2

…untry, in a Member State of the European Union other than France, shall first send the Autorité des marchés financiers a notification file for each AIF concerned.II. - When units or shares of a feeder…

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