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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258-2

Only persons who have not served as a juror or citizen assessor in the five years preceding the current year and who have not been entered on an annual jury list or an annual list of citizen assessors…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointment on presentation

Article R742-27-2

When selecting a successful candidate from the competition provided for in article R. 742-6-1, the Registrar shall designate, from among the candidates from the same class, the highest-ranked candidat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION

Article L1441-2

Local public establishments for educational cooperation are public establishments of an administrative nature created by order of the State representative, on the proposal of the commune or public est…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-2

The author of an application for registration or the proprietor of a registered trade mark may renounce the effects of that application or registration in respect of all or some of the goods or servic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning simplified joint stock companies

Article L244-2

Failure by the chairman or manager of a société par actions simplifiée (simplified joint-stock company) to consult the shareholders under the conditions laid down in the articles of association in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-2

…he filing, as well as subsequent acts affecting its existence or scope and, in the case of a collective mark or guarantee mark, the regulations determining the conditions to which the use of the mark…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article L614-2

…on the online settlement of consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2006/2004 and Directive No 2009/22/EC (CLR Regulation).

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article R614-2

…sman shall also make available to the public on his website or communicate on request his annual activity report including the following information:1° The number of disputes referred to him and their…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-2

…en a foreign national placed or held in detention submits an application for asylum, the administrative authority may proceed, during detention, to determine the State responsible for examining this a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Regional Health Agency for French Guiana

Article D1444-2

…in French Guyana: 1° Les a et b du 1° de l'article D. 1432-28 sont remplacés par les dispositions suivantes: " a) Deux conseillers à l'assemblée de Guyane et le président du grand conseil coutumier, o…

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