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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-55

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

Article L713-5

The use in the course of trade, for goods or services, not authorised by the proprietor of a well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Ind…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-52-1

For the application of the first paragraph of article L. 23-112-2, the employees' trade union organisations mentioned in 1° of article L. 23-112-1 may include on their election propaganda documents th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-52-3

The Minister for Labour shall publish on the website referred to in Article R. 2122-19 , on a date that he shall set by order, the election propaganda documents that have been the subject of a validat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-52-2

Subsequent to notification of the decision of the administrative authority referred to in Article R. 2122-48-1, the trade union organisations shall notify the employers concerned by any means enabling…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-52-4

Under the supervision of the National Commission for Voting Operations, the service provider mentioned in 2° of Article R. 2122-14 prints the ballot papers for all the candidatures mentioned in Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

I. - The application for an import authorisation for therapeutic purposes, provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5, is sent by the legal entities or natural persons mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-51

Judicial authorities, as well as authorised judicial police officers, seized in the context of proceedings mentioned in 2° of Article 706-25-9 or notified in accordance with article R. 50-54, as well…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-5-1

I.-The criteria for classifying a situation as a risk in the management of a patient's state of health due to the unavailability of a medical device shall be laid down by regulation.The manufacturers…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-5-6

The person placed in judicial isolation may at any time request that this measure be lifted by the investigating judge, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 148-6 or 148-7.

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