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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-5

…ence on the merits or at any time during the proceedings, request, by written submissions, that any act they consider necessary to establish the truth be carried out.These submissions may be made befo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-4-1

…ed trade mark referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 712-4, unless otherwise stipulated in the contract; 3° Any legal entity acting on the basis of its name or business name referred to in 3° of Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13

The act declaring the works to extract water for human consumption to be in the public interest is preceded by a public enquiry governed by the provisions of Title I of Book I of the Code de l'expropr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishment of filiation by possession of status

Article 317

Each of the parents or the child may apply to a notary for the issue of an acte de notoriété, which will be evidence of possession of status until proven otherwise.The acte de notoriété is established…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to the production company

Article D331-1

…production company may only be granted to a maximum of two production companies, provided that they act jointly. A production company which, apart from a co-production, fulfils the conditions mentione…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-4

…mmonly found on the market, unless the third party incites the person to whom he delivers to commit acts prohibited by Article L. 613-3.3. Those who perform the acts referred to in a, b and c of artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-51

…out prejudice to intra-group relationships, where a third-country firm, including through an entity acting on its behalf or having close links with that firm or any other person acting on behalf of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-3

…than portfolio management companies which provide the investment service referred to in Article L. 321-1 .4 shall not accept, unless they return them in full to the client, any remuneration, commissio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-2

…he Association may only be brought before the disciplinary chamber of first instance, in respect of acts committed in the exercise of their public duties, by the Minister for Health, the State represe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R514-2

Where a time limit is expressed in days, the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes the time limit to run shall not count.Where a time limit is expressed in months or years, the t…

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