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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-4

…d protection of the data: 1° To the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques a bulletin containing the information mentioned in last paragraph of article 5 of decree no. 82-103 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

Sont incapables d'être jurés : 1° Persons whose bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record mentions a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour; 2° (Repealed); 3° Those who are in a state of indictment or in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-11

…3 of 13 July 1967 on legal settlement, liquidation of assets, personal bankruptcy and bankruptcies. Bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record is issued to the relevant delegating federation.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-14

…ising the holiday at the holiday destination must not have been convicted of any offence entered in bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record.

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER II: MORTGAGES AND LIENS ON AIRCRAFT.

Article L122-15

…e registration register, at the latest two months after publication of the transfer in the Official Bulletin of the Trade Register, as well as in a medium authorised to receive legal notices at the se…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-3

…ation mentioned in IV of Article R. 721-2, in electronic form on the Institute's website and in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle and the Journal officiel de la République française.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Investigations

Article 880

…cts and who has not been the subject of any conviction, incapacity or disqualification mentioned in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record. The provisions of article 63-4-4 are applicable to the person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-61

…receive legal announcements in the département of the debtor company's registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, if that company's bonds are admitted to trading on a reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-79

…rry legal advertisements in which the notice convening the meeting was published, as well as in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, if the company's bonds are admitted to trading on a regu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation by conversion of a société anonyme.

Article R229-20

…ium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a re…

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