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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-3

As long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, the public prosecutor may propose to a legal person charged with one or more offences under the

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4-2

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may decide to prohibit him/her from corresponding in writing with one or more persons that he/she designates, in view of the req…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3-1

When the civil interests are decided, the civil party is notified of the criminal order in one of the ways provided for in the second paragraph of article 495-3. The civil party is informed that it ha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-4-1

A credit insurer who waives cover for receivables held by its insured against one of the latter's customers, where the customer is located in France, must explain its decision to the insured at the la…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article R*124-4

The ceiling applicable to cover triggered during the subsequent period referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of article L. 124-5 is the same for the entire period, without prejudice to the ot…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R*113-4

On each premium due date, the insurer is obliged to notify the insured, or the person responsible for paying the premiums, of the due date and the amount owed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-4-1

The proportion of supervisory board members of each sex may not be less than 40%, at the end of the next general meeting called to vote on appointments, in companies which, for the third consecutive f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-11

…conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products and the materials and implements used principally in their c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-1

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

Liability actions brought against a subcontractor due to damage affecting a work or items of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of th…

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