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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to comply

Article L411-1

From the moment they are first placed on the market, products and services must comply with the requirements in force relating to the safety and health of individuals, fair trading and consumer protec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687-1

If it appears from the information transmitted by the requested authority or the postal services that the addressee does not live at the address indicated and that the addressee no longer has a known…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 684-1

The bailiff or court clerk shall state in the document how it was dispatched, transmitted or delivered.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

…e Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

…Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions set out in Article 689-1 any person guilty of a felony…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-1

…ns referred to in the following articles, any person who is guilty outside the territory of the Republic of one of the offences listed in these articles may be prosecuted and tried by the French court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-12

For the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, may be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…ntion for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions provided for in article 689-1 of this cod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-159

The Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets) is a public administrative body under the joint autho…

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