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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article R3513-7

I.-The declaration referred to in article L. 3513-11 contains the following information: 1° Exhaustive data on sales volumes, by brand and by product type; 2° Information on the preferences of differe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Appeal procedures

Article L342-13

The appeal does not have suspensive effect.However, the public prosecutor may ask the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate to declare his appeal suspensive. In this case, the appeal,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-17

The provisions of articles L. 1612-15 and L. 1612-16 are not applicable to the entry and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for local authorities, their groupings and their public establishm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-6

The financial statement provided for in Article L. 1614-3 :- the appropriations included in the dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux des communes and the dotation de soutien à l'investissement…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 456

The judgment may be drawn up on paper or electronically. It shall be signed by the President and by the Registrar. If the president is unable to attend, this is noted on the minutes, which are signed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 345

If the accused is deaf, the presiding judge shall ex officio appoint a sign language interpreter or any qualified person who has mastered a language or method of communicating with the deaf to assist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 408

If the defendant is deaf, the presiding judge will automatically appoint a sign language interpreter or any qualified person who has mastered a language or method of communicating with the deaf to ass…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-18

…been received by the agents of that State, the person concerned shall, except in cases of force majeure, be automatically released and may no longer be claimed for the same cause. An appeal on ground…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1-1

When the requirements of an investigation or information concerning one of the crimes provided for in article 706-55 require it, the public prosecutor or, after receiving the opinion of this magistrat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-39

The correspondence sent by the insurer in application of articles R. 211-37 and R. 211-38 shall mention, in addition to the information provided for in article L. 211-10, the name of the person respon…

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