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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-19

When a prosecution is brought by the judicial authority in application of the articles mentioned in this chapter, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the temporary closure of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-7

…resulting from L. 621-6 law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-7 with the exception of 4° of its IV Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-7-2 Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L. 621-8 to L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…11° bis Crimes undermining the fundamental interests of the nation provided for in Title I of Book IV of the Criminal Code; 12° Offences relating to weapons and explosives provided for in articles 22…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849

The judicial court with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the defendant lives. The Paris judicial court has jurisdiction when the defendant lives abroad or has no known domicile or r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-1

…rticles 752 or 753 as the case may be, the writ shall expressly set out, on pain of nullity, the individual cases presented by the plaintiff in support of his action.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-6

At the end of the period set by the judge, the third party shall submit his report, together with his request for remuneration, a copy of which he shall send to the parties by any means enabling recei…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-2

The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to ordinary written proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle IV: Other procedures

Article 848

…e 21st century: 1° The action initiated on the basis of the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 portant diverses dispositions d'adaptation au droit communautaire dans le domaine de la lutte contre les disc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Public buy-out offers and squeeze-out

Article L433-4

…ered in the last offer or, where applicable, to the result of the valuation carried out using objective methods applied in the case of asset disposals, and shall take into account, according to a weig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS

Article L2144-2

The town hall annexes set up by local authorities may be shared by several neighbourhoods. In these annexes, local municipal services are made available to residents. The provisions of article L. 2144…

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