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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698

…public prosecutor pursuant to Article 43 has the authority to carry out or cause to be carried out acts required by the urgency and to request the investigating judge of his seat for this purpose. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-40

…y and severally liable for any damages that may be awarded for neighbourhood disturbance. Where the acts referred to in this article are practised on a regular basis, the lease may be terminated and t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Shooting galleries for hunting weapons

Article A322-143

…mental prefect two weeks before the establishment opens and after each modification. If no obstacle acts as a protective screen, a minimum distance of two hundred and fifty metres in the normal direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-6

…e with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties and Regulati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

…for the justice system.Articles L. 3422-1 and L. 3422-2 do not apply in New Caledonia.Article L. 3421-5 is applicable in its wording resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-13

…Where the new company is a limited liability company, the members of the disappearing companies may act ipso jure as founders of that company and the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Multiple copies.

Article L511-72

…copies. To this end, he must apply to his immediate endorser who is obliged to lend him his care to act against his own endorser and so on back to the drawer. The endorsers are required to reproduce t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-9

…h a view to a mission that he determines, without prejudice to the court's option under Article L. 621-4 to appoint one or more experts. The conditions for the remuneration of this technician are set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article R623-58

Any person who, on the occasion of any acts of transfer, concession or marketing of a variety benefiting from a plant variety certificate, wishes to make use of the option offered to him by Article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZO

Under the conditions set out in Article 15 of the 1965 Finance Act (no. 64-1279 of 23 December 1964), a levy equal to 12% of the commission accruing to racing companies, net of any remuneration to aut…

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