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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-5

I.-A single act of communication to the public is the process by which, for the purpose of communication to the public, a broadcasting organisation, from the national territory or the territory of ano…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

…r identity is likely, given the conditions in which they perform their duties or the nature of the facts that they are usually called upon to observe, to endanger their life or physical integrity or t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy

Article R152-1

…ve measure, including a fine. It may, in particular: 1° Prohibit the performance or continuation of acts involving the use or disclosure of a business secret; > 2° Prohibit acts involving the use or d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

The acts of persecution and the grounds for persecution, within the meaning of Section A of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, shall be assessed under the conditions laid down in para…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 113

…any other persons to represent the person presumed absent in the exercise of his rights or in any act in which he may be interested, and to administer all or part of his property ; the representatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and termination of guardianship

Article 391

…aring or calling, except in an emergency, the legal administrator. The latter may not carry out any act of disposal from the time of the application until the final judgment except in an emergency. If…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 383

…p judge may authorise the other legal administrator to represent the child for one or more specific acts.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6-1

…nal proceedings or proceedings before a court involves the violation of a rule of procedure, public action may only be brought if the unlawful nature of the proceedings, the decision taken or the act…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-5

Customers who are natural persons and not acting for professional purposes are informed free of charge, by means of their monthly account statement, of the amount and name of any bank charges relating…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence

Article L512-5

…urance or reinsurance intermediaries and ancillary insurance intermediaries who are natural persons acting in their own name, persons who direct, manage or administer intermediaries who are legal pers…

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