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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-3

…public passenger transport services, recorded by the agents mentioned in 4° and 5° of I of Article L. 2241-1 of the Transport Code, public action is extinguished, notwithstanding Article 521 of this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-3

…nent designed or specially adapted to undermine an effective technical measure mentioned in article L. 331-5 of this Code which protects a work, a performance, a phonogram, a videogram, a programme or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-37

…the value of the samples taken shall be paid automatically, under the conditions set out in article L. 512-24, unless the owner has waived reimbursement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-21

…ng in the transaction from among the auditors registered on the list provided for in I de l'article L. 822-1 du code de commerce ou parmi les experts inscrits sur une des listes établies par les cours…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financing arrangements for basic training for representatives of users of the healthcare system

Article D1114-39

…tions approved at national or regional level and appearing on the list referred to in II of article L. 1114-1 receive a public subsidy intended to finance the allowance paid to user representatives re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-36

The annual summary statement referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 145-40-2, which includes the liquidation and regularisation of service charge accounts, is communicated to the tenant no l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-30

…e or more management operations under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 223-37 is appointed by the president of the commercial court ruling in summary proceedings, after…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-3

…ed the means made available to him by his payment service provider in accordance with II of Article L. 133-15 to inform him of the loss, theft or misappropriation of his payment instrument, the paymen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consent

Article R1231-3

…al must be authorised by the committee of experts pursuant to the second paragraph of IV of article L. 1231-1, he or she shall mention this fact in the instrument of consent.The original of the instru…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-3

…r liability for insufficient assets, personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, with the exception of civil liability actions brought against the administrator, the manda…

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