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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to personal injury offences resulting from deliberate intoxication

Article 706-139-2

Where, pursuant to Article 351 of this Code, the question of the application of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code in relation to an accused charged with murder, assassination,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-3

The following are prohibited in France, except for export abroad: the manufacture, possession and circulation for the purpose of sale, the offering for sale, the sale and offer free of charge: 1° Wine…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-34

The risk management system referred to in Article L. 356-19 includes the strategies, processes and information procedures necessary to identify, measure, control, manage and report, on an ongoing basi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-29

The application for an operating licence provided for in Article L. 613-18 (paragraph 4) is sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property. It states: 1° The surname, first name and professi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-48

The notifications provided for by this section and by Article L. 623-18 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Sending by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-20

…of the third paragraph of II of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, a creditor's objection to the merger or demerger shall be lodg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-6

All employees of a company offering a profit-sharing scheme, a company savings plan, an inter-company savings plan, a collective retirement savings plan or a collective company retirement savings plan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-6-2

The corrective measures envisaged or already implemented, the progress targets for each of the indicators, as well as the methods of publication of these measures and targets, are sent to the services…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article D1237-5

For the application of article L. 1237-18-5, the employer sends the administrative authority an information document on the terminations pronounced as part of the mobility leave, set by order of the M…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-6

The public establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry may issue certificates to certify the origin provided for in the European Union Customs Code, the Geneva Convention on the…

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