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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 283

…gating judge whom he delegates for this purpose. In this case, the provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I must be observed, with the exception of those of Article 167.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Text and data mining for various purposes

Article R122-27

Persons carrying out a text and data search under the conditions mentioned in III of article L. 122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at the request of the latter, with all documents and evidence m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Relations between prisoners and the outside world

Article R57-8-7

…on of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book III of the code pénitentiaire, in particular: 1° those of Chapter I, as regards visits; 2° those of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-15

…ance for the purposes of family reunification under the conditions laid down in Chapter IV of Title III and at least one of whose parents holds a temporary residence permit, a multi-annual residence p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-89

…inary sanctions and the incurrence of liability, guaranteed under the conditions set out in Chapter III of Decree no. 55-604 of 20 May 1955 relating to public or ministerial officers and certain auxil…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance rules

Article R513-18

If the association is also authorised underArticle L. 519-13 of the Monetary and Financial Code or III of Article L. 541-4 of the same code, it may be set up according to a federal model separating ea…

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

Article 216

…the absence of the options and agreements to be formulated pursuant to I and the first paragraph of III of Article 223 A and I of Article 223 A bis. In the case referred to in the sixth paragraph of c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-5

…tion information likely to have an impact on stool quality or safety is obtained from stool donors. III. - When an establishment or organisation is authorised under Article L. 513-11-1 to carry out it…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in 1 of III of Article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member municipalities for the provisions relating to the business pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents

Article A134-2

…rofession on joint property, drawn up in accordance with the model shown in Annex 1-2 to this book; III. For legal entities: 1° An extract from the trade and companies register dating back less than t…

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