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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Declarations.

Article R5211-65

Any manufacturer having its registered office in France and who, in any Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, places class I medical devices or cu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-29

In addition to the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, the film classification committee comprises twenty-seven full members and fifty-four deputy members divided into four colleges.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-6

Committee members are subject to an obligation of confidentiality, under which they may not divulge any fact, information or document of which they are aware as a result of their participation in the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 735

The judicial court alone has jurisdiction to hear letters rogatory. The judicial court with territorial jurisdiction is the court within whose jurisdiction the letters rogatory are to be executed.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R312-8

Committee meetings are not open to the public.The committee may hear any person whose testimony it deems likely to contribute to its information. This is expressly stated in the decision.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L7123-11

The standing committee may not deliberate unless an absolute majority of its members are present or represented. The last two paragraphs of Article L. 7122-14 are applicable to the Standing Committee.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

I. - Trading venue managers : 1° Publish a weekly report presenting the aggregate positions held by the different categories of persons mentioned in IV for the different commodity derivatives, the uni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 93-1

…the investigating judge may, in the context of a letter rogatory addressed to a foreign State or a European investigation order addressed to a Member State of the European Union and with the agreemen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article R411-2

…e criminal record, or in an equivalent document if he or she is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.No agent may…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-3

…ulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or in an equivalent document in the case of a national of the European Union or of another State party to the agreement on the European Economic Area;-if the admi…

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