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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R*821-1

The administrative authority competent to impose a fine for disembarking a foreign national without the required documents, as provided for in article L. 821-6, is the minister responsible for immigra…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-4

The public prosecutor immediately informs the file manager of decisions to acquit or acquit in proceedings that have given rise to registration in the file once they have become final. The investigati…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advertising.

Article R*322-89

Any person has the right to obtain a copy of the documents filed with the clerk of the court or to have a copy or extract thereof issued at his own expense by the clerk or by the notary holding the mi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-8

The proprietor of an earlier right who has tolerated for a period of five consecutive years the use of a later trade mark registered with knowledge of such use shall no longer be entitled to apply for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-13

The justification and declaration of a change of address provided for by Article 706-53-5 shall be made by means of any document less than three months old in the name of the person concerned establis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-32

The President of the Examining Magistrate's Chamber, after requesting written submissions from the Public Prosecutor, makes a reasoned order within two months. This period is extended to four months i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-8

The form entitled "Certificate of conformity" conforms to a model laid down by order of the minister responsible for the economy.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 coming from or destined for Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article R1245-21

Manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic medical devices may procure tissues, their derivatives and cells from the human body, whatever their level of processing, in a Member State of the European Union o…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-1

…to equip its agents with transmission means enabling them to communicate immediately with the latter.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-8

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or withdraw a compassionate access authorisation if the conditions laid down in I, II and V…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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