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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 19

…utes must state that the person who drew them up is a judicial police officer.The public prosecutor may authorise the minutes, records and documents to be sent to him in electronic form.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-16

The benefit of the insurance contracted by a spouse with joint ownership of property in favour of his or her spouse constitutes a private asset for the latter. No compensation is due to the community…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R1431-16

The accountant for public establishments for cultural or environmental cooperation of an administrative nature is an accountant from the general directorate of public finance with the status of princi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-23-1

…period is interrupted, where applicable, by the opposition application provided for in Article L. 712-4 until the decision ruling on the latter or by the notification provided for in Article R. 712-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-25

…of the interconsular grouping reserved for each of the chambers making up the grouping; this number may not be less than two. The total number of seats may not be less than ten or more than thirty; ho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article R522-25

…procedure for disposing of the general shop provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 522-39 shall be initiated within three months of the decision by the Prefect to permanently withdraw appr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-9

The delegated production company may receive several grants from the compensation fund when the filming of the same work gives rise either to several interruptions or several postponements, or to a co…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for ships.

Article 190

…he Minister for the Economy and Finance sets the conditions for the application of this article and may extend its provisions to seagoing vessels navigating in the part of the waterways not included w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Special arrangements for staff of companies providing catering or sleeping accommodation on trains.

Article R221-25

Train crews working for companies providing in-train catering or refuelling services may not be employed more than five days a week. Train crews working for companies providing sleeping accommodation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-16

…750 if a client company: 1° Employs a ported employee outside the cases provided for in Article L. 1254-3 ; 2° Disregards the prohibitions on employing a ported employee provided for in Articles L. 1…

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