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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Customs detention

Article R716-20

Chapter Va of Title III of Book III shall apply to the detention by the customs administration of goods likely to infringe a trademark, as provided for in Chapter VIa of Title I of Book VII.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Vaccination skills of pharmacy students in hospital and out-of-hospital settings

Article R6153-91-2

…ies mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6153-5 may administer the vaccines listed in 9° bis of article L. 5125-1-1 A to persons whose age and, where applicable, pathological conditions are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 211

…under the conditions provided for in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and whose managers have a majority shareholding, in partnerships limited by shares, as well as in li…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 367

The judge may, at the request of the parties or of his own motion, order the joinder of several proceedings pending before him if there is a link between the disputes such that it is in the interests…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 368

Decisions to join or separate proceedings are measures of judicial administration.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-4

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years and that proposes, through its articles of association, to combat crimes against humanity or war crimes or to defend the moral int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 3

The civil action may be brought at the same time as the public action and before the same court. It will be admissible for all counts of damage, both material and bodily or moral, arising from the act…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 9

Public prosecution for contraventions is statute-barred one year after the day on which the offence was committed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2

A civil action for compensation for damage caused by a felony, misdemeanour or contravention belongs to all those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence. Waiver of the righ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the time of the incident, and that uses its articles of association to combat discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation o…

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