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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D721-3

The number of judges and the number of chambers in each commercial court are set in accordance with the tables in Annex 7-2 to this book.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-3

A guarantee mark may only be assigned or transferred to a person meeting the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 715-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-3

…They may be assisted by authorised persons within the meaning of Title IV of Book II of Part Four and by other categories of specialised staff who are assigned to the internal-use pharmacy by virtue…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L342-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 322-3 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-32

…investigation or enquiry into the causes of death or disappearance provided for in Articles 74,74-1 and 80-4 ; 3° A procedure to search for a fugitive provided for in l'article 74-2. Geolocation is se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

…utive days in other cases. At the end of these periods, this operation is authorised by the liberty and custody judge at the request of the public prosecutor, for a maximum period of one month, renewa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-34

In the cases mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 230-33, where the needs of the investigation or enquiry so require, the public prosecutor or investigating judge may, for the sole purpose of installing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

…y means, the public prosecutor or the investigating judge in the cases mentioned in articles 230-33 and 230-34. This magistrate may then order the release of the geolocation. However, if it is necessa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-38

…raw up a report of each of the operations to set up the technical means mentioned in Article 230-32 and the operations to record location data. This report shall mention the date and time when the ope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-37

The operations provided for in this chapter shall be carried out under the supervision of the magistrate who authorised them or who authorised their continuation. The fact that these operations reveal…

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