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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1179

Nullity is absolute where the rule infringed has as its object the safeguarding of the general interest. It is relative where the rule infringed has as its sole object the safeguarding of a private in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Unpacking sales.

Article R310-8

…led for the start of this sale. At least eight days before the start of the sale, the mayor shall inform the declarant that, because the duration of the sale authorised by the second paragraph of I of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Unpacking sales.

Article R310-9

Unpacking sales authorised to private individuals pursuant to the third paragraph of I of Article L. 310-2 are controlled by means of the register mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 321-7 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: HARMONISING THE COMMERCIAL FABRIC

Article L5224-1

…itions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 3132-29 of the Labour Code. Reasons for refusal may include failure to comply with the scope of the agreement provided for in II of this articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Powers of the public prosecutor at the court of appeal

Article 38

…nts are placed under the supervision of the public prosecutor. He may instruct them to gather any information he deems useful for the proper administration of justice.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6-2

Any advertising or instructions for use relating to means enabling the removal or neutralisation of any technical device protecting software must state that the unlawful use of such means is punishabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Maintaining compliance

Article R4322-1

Work equipment and means of protection, whoever uses it, must be maintained in a state of compliance with the technical rules of design and construction applicable when it is put into service in the e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Specialised counter-terrorism assistants

Article D47-6-18

The diploma allowing the performance of the duties of specialised assistant provided for in articles 706-25-2-1 and 706-25-15 validates training in at least one of the following subjects: I.-Penal law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 623-1

…ting to the applicant's guilt, may not sit on the investigating committee and the trial panel or perform the functions of the public prosecutor therein.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Special provisions applicable to mobile work equipment

Article R4323-50

The traffic lanes used by mobile work equipment have sufficient clearance and a profile that allows them to be moved safely at the speed specified in the instruction manual. They must be kept free of…

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