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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-3

…ty or by the body to which they represent it, when these result:-from their attendance at the sittings and meetings mentioned in article L. 2123-1;-the exercise of their right to a credit of hours whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-25

If the owner or his assigns fail to maintain an undeveloped plot of land or part of an undeveloped plot of land located within a residential area or at a maximum distance of 50 metres from dwellings,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-25

…by the representative of the State in the département where the acts were observed, for the following reasons:1° Non-compliance with the provisions of this code to which the régies, companies or assoc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-4

The Eurojust Agency, a body of the European Union with legal personality acting as a college or through the national member, shall be responsible for promoting and improving coordination and cooperati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Trading in precious metals

Article L342-2

I. - Any person who habitually goes to the homes of private individuals, other than bankers, stockbrokers or dealers in precious metals, or to public places not reserved for this purpose, to advise on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-6-2

However, the provisions of Article L. 464-6-1 do not apply to agreements and practices that contain any of the following hardcore restrictions of competition: a) Restrictions which, directly or indire…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-15

…R. 712-13 and R. 712-14, is declared inadmissible.Where the opposition is based on several prior rights, it is declared inadmissible only if all of these rights do not comply with the conditions set…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-7

…f the objectives listed in Article 144. When, other than in the cases provided for in the first paragraph of this article, the public prosecutor orders the release of a person whose pre-trial detentio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or lega…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L924-3

The last paragraph of I of article L. 443-1 is replaced by four paragraphs worded as follows: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the cessation of advertising carried out…

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