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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-37

Where no appeal to the Paris Court of Appeal has been lodged within the period provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 331-44 or where such appeal has been rejected by a court decision that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-8

…diction over collective disputes affecting the entire national territory or several Directorates of Maritime Affairs.Any regional or local dispute may be referred to it directly by the Minister respon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article L3232-1-2

…ter, participate, by means of subsidies, in the financing of aid granted by the region in favour of departmental, interdepartmental or regional committees for sea fishing and marine farming within the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 994

A will made during a sea voyage, in the form prescribed by articles 988 et seq. shall be valid only so long as the testator dies on board or within six months after he has disembarked in a place where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Bodies

Article L4412-1

The office of President of the Regional Council is incompatible with that of Mayor of Paris.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-99

The centre's accounting officer is the Receiver General of Finances for Paris.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-2

…ral risk management in overseas France is governed by Title VII of Book III of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R571-1

The unlawful use of the name Crédit Maritime Mutuel or any expression likely to lead to confusion with it is punishable by a 5th class fine.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D526

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article D. 523, the sentence enforcement judge shall gather the information necessary to examine the application for conditional release. To this end, he may app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-2

The person sentenced to the residence ban is required to inform the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he or she is placed of any change of residence. Article 712-17 is applicable to a…

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