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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Searching for information

Article L152-2

Institutions authorised by law to hold deposit accounts must inform the enforcement agent whether one or more accounts, joint accounts or merged accounts have been opened in the name of the debtor, as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Procedures for the performance of judicial police duties by authorised customs officers

Article R15-33-22

When executing a letter rogatory or acting under the flagrante delicto procedure, authorised customs officers shall draw up separate procès-verbaux for each of the acts they are called upon to perform…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-5

…e. The effective purchase price is the net unit price shown on the purchase invoice, reduced by the amount of all other financial benefits granted by the seller expressed as a percentage of the net un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5

…nd the remuneration for the procedures mentioned in article L. 162-5-14 of the Social Security Code using appropriations from the regional intervention fund mentioned in article L. 1435-8 of this code…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2

…length of detention remaining to be served; 2° Only after a multidisciplinary assessment of dangerousness carried out in a specialised service responsible for observing detainees and accompanied by a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

The introduction, possession or use of rockets or fireworks of any kind in a sports arena during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-11

…by beneficiaries. The company may increase the contribution mentioned in the first paragraph by the amount spent by the employee or the person mentioned in article L. 3332-2 to acquire shares or inves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-16

…cordance with paragraph 1 of Article 59 of the same Regulation. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, the information and consent of the person is not required for the implementation of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-78

Apart from cases of transit or crossing customs territory, it is prohibited to import or export narcotics without a special authorisation issued for each operation by the Director General of the Agenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-92

Apart from cases of transit through or through customs territory, it is prohibited to import or export psychotropic drugs without a special authorisation issued for each operation by the Director Gene…

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