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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Archives

Article D1421-3

…ules relating to the right of pre-emption over private archives exercised by the State on behalf of and at the request of local authorities are laid down by the provisions of article R. 212-91 of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…Article L. 135-1 may not apply Article L. 135-2 only after having: 1° Carried out diligent, proven and serious searches for rightholders, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 113-10, in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-3

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings in order to obtain an order, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Powers of the State representative in the département

Article L2215-3

…order, for several communes or for a single commune after formal notice has been sent to the mayor and has remained without result, access to certain roads or certain portions of roads or certain sec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-3

…e up of representatives of the State, the regions, trade union organisations representing employees and professional organisations representing employers at national and cross-industry level, qualifie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article R40-36

…torially competent public prosecutor or to a magistrate designated in accordance with articles 230-9and 230-14, or, via the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, to the data controll…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article R40-35

…rs of the national gendarmerie units carrying out judicial police missions, either by the group commanders, or by the gendarmerie commanders in the overseas departments and collectivities and in New C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article R40-37

The implementation and updating of the processing operations shall be supervised by a senior public prosecutor, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, assisted by a committee o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions.

Article L8261-3

…the prohibitions set out in article L. 8261-1: 1° Work of a scientific, literary or artistic nature and assistance given to works of general interest, in particular teaching, educational or charitable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Recording of offences

Article R1312-3

Local authority employees are authorised by the departmental prefect on the recommendation of the mayor, the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the president of th…

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