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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to electronic signatures

Article A53-3

…nic signature processes made available to persons participating in the procedure within the meaning of Article 11, is, in the case of magistrates, military personnel and public officials, at the initi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-31

The payment notice provided for by II of Article 529-6 shall consist of a double-sided sheet and meet the characteristics specified by Articles A. 37-32 and A. 37-33.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-3

The accounting officers of the Directorate General of Public Finance responsible for the recovery of fines and pecuniary penalties, to whom the documents provided for in the fourth paragraph of 2° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-33

I.-On the reverse, entitled: "Information", appear, at the top of the document: 1° The reproduction, preceded by the mention: "The texts below are extracts, for their entirety, refer to the various co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-32

I.-On the front, entitled: "Notice of payment, infringement for non-payment of toll" appear, in the upper part of the document, on its left-hand side, the following entries:1° Date of dispatch of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Regional courts for secure detention

Article A37-35

The number, location and territorial jurisdiction of the regional security retention courts provided for by articles 706-53-15 and 706-53-21 are set as follows: HEADQUARTERS OF JURISDICTIONS regional…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-36

…ng and printing the patent specification has been paid, the applicant may request the rectification of errors of expression or transcription as well as material errors found in the documents filed. Th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-37

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 612-13, if the examination provided for in Article L. 612-11 has revealed irregularities, the description, claims or drawings may only be amended to the extent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-39

At the expiry of the eighteen-month period provided for in Article L. 612-21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-38

…s he is an industrial property attorney or a lawyer, must attach to the declaration a special power of withdrawal. If the patent application has been filed in the name of several persons, its withdraw…

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