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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-6

Subject to articles L. 716-2-7 and L. 716-2-8, an action or application for a declaration of invalidity of a trademark shall not be subject to any limitation period.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-6

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11-6

…establishments exercising jurisdiction over drinking water or sanitation may also, as an accessory to this jurisdiction, within the framework of the same operation and in addition to carrying out wor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-4-1

…r mutual assistance from a foreign judicial authority concerns acts committed outside national territory that are likely to be connected with the missions carried out, for the purposes of defending an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-24-1

For the examination of extradition requests concerning the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47-1

…of the principle of speciality by the person or by the foreign Government, authorisation is sought to extend the prosecution to other offences committed before the person's arrival on national territ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-9-1

…e purposes of extradition, Articles 74-2 and 230-33 are applicable. The powers of the public prosecutor and the liberty and custody judge provided for by this article are exercised respectively by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-6

Without prejudice to the application of articles 706-25-11 and 706-25-12, the information mentioned in Article 706-25-4 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on the death of the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-2

Without prejudice to the application of Article 706-58, in the event of proceedings relating to a felony or misdemeanour mentioned in articles 628,706-73 and 706-73-1, where the hearing of a person re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-1

In proceedings relating to a felony or misdemeanour punishable by at least three years' imprisonment, where disclosure of the identity of a witness is likely to seriously endanger his life or physical…

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