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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221-1

When a period of four months has elapsed since the date of the last investigative act necessary to ascertain the truth, the president of the investigating chamber may, by petition, refer the matter to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-13

…ng economic life, the quality and effectiveness of the procedures implemented to prevent and detect acts of corruption, influence peddling, misappropriation of public funds and favouritism within the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-14

…are bound by professional secrecy. This secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial authorities acting in criminal proceedings, the administrative or civil courts ruling on an appeal against a dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Judicial review.

Article L1333-1

…te, the industrial tribunal will assess whether the procedure followed was in order and whether the acts of which the employee is accused are such as to justify a penalty.The employer provides the ind…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-8

…ried out in the hands of a third party, the creditor shall serve the third party with a copy of the acts attesting to the diligence required by Article…

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

Article L713-4

…r or with his consent.However, the proprietor of the trade mark is still entitled to oppose any new act of marketing if he can show legitimate grounds, relating in particular to the subsequent modific…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Letters rogatory from foreign States

Article 743

…rsons may also ask the judge assigned to rescind the measures he has already taken and to annul the acts recording the execution of the letters rogatory.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-1

…is subrogation must be express.It must be agreed at the same time as payment, unless, in an earlier act, the subrogating party has expressed the intention that his co-contractor should be subrogated t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to personal injury offences resulting from deliberate intoxication

Article 706-139-1

When an investigation is referred to the investigating judge on the basis of articles 221-5-6,222-18-4or 222-26-2 of the Criminal Code and decides to refer the person under investigation to the trial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Manual changers

Article L572-2

The penalties provided for in Article L. 571-4 shall apply to any person, acting either on its own behalf or on behalf of a legal entity and habitually engaged in manual foreign exchange transactions,…

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