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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52-1

…his decree specifies the judicial court whose investigating judge or judges are competent to hear information concerning offences falling within the scope of Article 43, of the jurisdiction of the pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-73

The drawee banker may, after informing the account holder of the consequences of insufficient funds by any appropriate means made available by the drawee banker, refuse to pay a cheque on the grounds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-49

…tes the name and address of the drawer, notaries and bailiffs are obliged, on pain of damages, to inform the drawer within forty-eight hours of registration, by registered letter, of the reasons for t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-7-20

…e building permit became final. However, this period is extended to five years if the project is to form part of a retail complex of more than 6,000 square metres located on the same site.If an amendi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Conditions relating to the amount of remuneration paid to authors, performers and producers

Article 211-19

…ted directly or indirectly, to co-authors or their heirs or legatees who are natural persons, to performers playing the lead roles and to other natural persons engaged as producers of a feature film,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-1

…panied by a certified mortgage statement as at the date of publication of the summons to pay in the form of a seizure, the statements of registrations provided for in the first and second paragraphs o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Public contracts awarded by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking

Article L2511-7

…on the one hand, are concluded by a contracting entity with an affiliated undertaking or by a body formed exclusively by several contracting entities with a view to carrying out one or more network o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-9

Compliance with the specifications by operators is monitored by conformity assessment bodies, which may be either inspection bodies or certification bodies, which benefit from accreditation issued by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L423-3

…rticle L. 421-3, it shall take the necessary action to prevent risks to consumers and immediately inform the competent administrative authorities. The procedures for this information are defined by or…

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