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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for by Article R. 811-3 below, the following shall apply in New Caledonia:1° The provisions of Book I with the exception of Articles R. 133-1, R. 133-2 (4°) and R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…r the product in question.III.The amount of the penalty imposed for the breaches mentioned in 1° to 11° of Article L. 5421-8, 4° to 10° of Article L. 5423-8, as well as Articles L. 5426-2, L. 5438-1,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-15

…nd photograph of persons having been sentenced to an additional penalty pursuant to articles L. 332-11 to L. 332-13 . It may communicate them to the supporters' associations mentioned in article L. 33…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles

Article R212-5

The provisions of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-45

…nd accounting management. In order to become enforceable, the decisions provided for in 8°, 10° and 11° of article D. 211-44 must receive the express approval of the ministers responsible for the budg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-1

The provisions of article L. 1243-11 do not prevent the conclusion of successive fixed-term employment contracts with the same employee when the contract is concluded in one of the following cases: 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-90

…gent cases and for preliminary investigations concerning one or more of the offences referred to in 11° of Article 706-73, these operations may, however, concern residential premises outside the hours…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-13

…Safety and Accessibility and, in the cases provided for by the order referred to in article R. 312-11, of the National Committee on Safety for Sports Venues, notifies the owner of the facility of his…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 221-2

…107 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Article 54 of Section 11 relating to aid schemes for audiovisual works:1° Automatic financial aid for distribution giving…

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