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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Manufacture of miscellaneous products

Article 349

Perfumery and toiletry products with an alcohol base or presented under a name which, according to custom, applies to products containing alcohol may only be manufactured, introduced into the national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for special local procedural acts in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-34

…vice (table 3-2 of article appendix 4-7)Description of the serviceFee 131 Service 503 cpc-recall of art. 797 cpc 25.53 € 132 Service of order made on request-art 167 law 1st June 1924 (and 950 cpc) 25…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-3-3

…sons mentioned in the first paragraph of this article benefit from the protection provided for in I and III of Article 10-1 and Articles 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-3

…the one-month period provided for in the first paragraph of Article 704-2. The investigating judge and the public prosecutor shall be notified of the judgment of the investigating chamber or the crim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Subcontracting of preparations to a pharmaceutical manufacturing establishment

Article R5125-33-3

…subcontracting contract referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 5125-1 between a pharmacy and a pharmaceutical establishment is drawn up in compliance with the good preparation practices ref…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-3-1

…either the appeal, if the accused is detained, or the date on which the accused was subsequently remanded in custody pursuant to the decision handed down at first instance. However, if the hearing on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-3

…rights provided for by this Code, except in the cases provided for by the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 123-4. These rights subsist in the person of the author or his su…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-3

A civil action for infringement shall be barred after five years from the date on which the holder of a right knew or should have known of the last fact enabling him to exercise it.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article L211-3

When any written contract is concluded, the consumer shall be informed by the trader of the possibility of having recourse, in the event of a dispute, to the consumer mediation procedure under the con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-3

…pplicable, the amount of the lump-sum grant under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2334-7 and L. 2334-7-1 and determines the share of resources allocated to the endowments mentioned in artic…

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