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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-41

The public prosecutor, if he considers, in the light of the reports drawn up by the authorised agents or the test or analysis report and, if necessary, after a preliminary investigation, that proceedi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-40

When the authorised agents establish an offence by means of a report based on tests or analyses, they will forward the State laboratory report to the alleged offender and inform him that he has a peri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-44

At the request of the public prosecutor or the court, the sample(s) taken and held by the administrative department shall be handed over to the experts.In the event that special preservation measures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-4

In application of the principle of justification, certain nuclear activities as well as certain processes, devices or substances exposing persons to ionising radiation may be regulated or prohibited b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-4

The patent application may relate to only one invention or to a plurality of inventions linked together in such a way that they form a single general inventive concept. Any application which does not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-4

…yor assigns in perpetuity, in the cemetery, a fitted ossuary where the exhumed remains are immediately reburied. The mayor may also arrange for the cremation of the exhumed remains in the absence of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-24

When article 138-3 in the context of house arrest under electronic surveillance or house arrest under mobile electronic surveillance, the provisions of articles R. 24-14 to R. 24-23 are applicable, as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-42

The employee notifies the employer of the reason for his absence and the date on which he intends to end the suspension of his employment contract.The period of adoption leave is treated as a period o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-45

Any stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement or agreement providing for a birth-related benefit for employees on maternity leave applies automatically to employees on adoption leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-43

At the end of the adoption leave, the employee returns to his/her previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent pay.

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