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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73-1

This Title, with the exception of Article 706-88, shall also apply to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following offences:1° Offence of swindling in an organised gang, provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

For the application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the condit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1016

In accordance with articles 11-1 and 11-2 of Law no. 72-626 of 5 July 1972 as amended, the proceedings shall be public. The Court may, however, decide that the hearings shall take place or continue in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Investigating courts

Article A36-11-1

The media and formats of audiovisual recordings of interrogations of persons under investigation made pursuant to Articles 116-1 and D. 32-2 and transmitted to the courts must comply with the standard…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Private project management

Article L2431-2

The project management assignment includes all or some of the elements of design, assistance, direction and control defined by regulation.These elements may vary according to:1° The project owner;2° T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R123-268

Where several authorities are competent to validate an entry of information or a filing of documents by a person, only one of them is referred to by the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, in a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A121-1-2

In motor third party liability insurance, the increases listed below may only be added to the reference premium modified, where applicable, by the additional premiums or reductions mentioned in articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52

The investigating judge of the place where the offence was committed, the investigating judge of the place of residence of one of the persons suspected of having taken part in the offence, the investi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-1

I. - The following professions remain subject to the regulations applicable to them: 1° Commercial agents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle is a public establishment with legal personality and financial autonomy, reporting to the Minister responsible for industrial property.The mission of…

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