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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 647-1

The date of service, including when it must be made within a specified period, of a judicial or extrajudicial document in French Polynesia, in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in New Caledonia and in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-6

The recordings shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record shall be drawn up of the dest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedural frameworks

Article 696-113

In proceedings within his jurisdiction, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor shall conduct investigations in accordance with the provisions applicable to the investigation in flagrante delicto or the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Advisory Committee

Article 622-12

…he commission for production aid for works using animation techniques is made up of ten members, including a chairman, appointed for a renewable term of two years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Economic weighting studies

Article A713-30

The right of access and rectification provided for in articles 49 and 50 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the ter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compensation for loss resulting from non-performance of the contract

Article 1231-6

Damages and interest due for delay in payment of an obligation to pay a sum of money consist of interest at the legal rate, from the date of the formal notice.These damages and interest are due withou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-14

If, at the time of his appearance, the person claimed declares that he consents to be extradited and that the legal conditions for extradition have been fulfilled, the investigating chamber, after inf…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-6

Committee members are subject to an obligation of confidentiality, under which they may not divulge any fact, information or document of which they are aware as a result of their participation in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-6

…uring the proceedings, the assisted witness may, at the time of his or her hearing or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, ask the examining magistrate to be placed under investigatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-6

The change of matrimonial property regime takes effect between the parties from the date of the decision or deed providing for it and, with regard to third parties, three months after the publicity fo…

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