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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-15

…articles L. 325-1-1 or L. 325-1-2 of the Highway Code and who has subsequently been acquitted by a final decision may, in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article L. If the acq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R632-3

…reasons for its refusal and, if the refusal is based on the existence of criminal proceedings or a final decision relating to the same facts, it shall provide the AMF with as much detailed informatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R312-14

…The cash price including tax of the leased property; 1.7. The duration of the transaction; 1.8. The final sale price at the end of the lease, expressed in euros and/or as a % of the cash price includi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

…the départements and the metropolis of Lyon is equal to the product of the departmental tax on the final consumption of electricity mentioned in the present article, in the version in force on 31 Dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: EC declaration of conformity, product quality assurance.

Article R5211-50

…evices, the authorised body shall verify that the application of the quality system relating to the final inspection ensures the conformity of the devices inspected with the technical documentation dr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-6

During the period provided for in article L. 123-1, the surviving spouse, against whom there is no final judgment of legal separation, benefits, regardless of the matrimonial regime and independently…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-15

When the benefit of subsidiary protection is terminated by a final decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons or by a court decision, or when the foreign nation…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 583

…available to third parties who have not been notified of the decision; it is also available against final judgments even if they have been notified of the decision.

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

Article 4

…court, separately from the public action. However, judgment on this action shall be stayed until a final decision has been given on the public action where the latter has been brought. The institutio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…he missing person or to rule out any suspicion of a crime or offence. Once the perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion…

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