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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-1

…licable to Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2019-1333 of 11 December 2019;7° The provisions of Book VII with the exception of Articles R. 712-2, R. 712-13, R. 712-14, R. 712-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 18

Judicial police officers have jurisdiction within the territorial limits where they carry out their usual duties. Officers of the judicial police, temporarily placed at the disposal of a service other…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class.

Article 412

…s or declarations of several bales or other closed packages, joined together in any way whatsoever; 7° the transport of goods by foreign vessels from one French port to another French port, except in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1251-6

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1251-7, a temporary employee may only be used to perform a specific and temporary task known as an "assignment" and only in the following cases:1° Replacement o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…years; 6° An obligation to complete, at the offender's own expense, a road safety awareness course; 7° Confiscation of the vehicle used by the offender to commit the offence, if the offender is the ow…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

…ut of court if he can prove that a non-judicial sale can be concluded under satisfactory conditions;7° An indication, in very clear lettering, that under penalty of inadmissibility, any challenge or i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-40 are excluded from the procedure for awarding concession contracts,313-1,313-3,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-21

…operty and award contracts for communal works in the forms established by the laws and regulations; 7° To enter into deeds of sale, exchange, division, acceptance of gifts or legacies, acquisition, tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-32

Subject to the authorisation provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned Law no. 2000-108 of 10 February 2000, the municipalities, within their territory, and the public cooperation establishments…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…cle 694-32 and is punishable therein by a custodial sentence of at least three years' imprisonment; 7° A full description of the offence where it does not fall within one of the categories of offences…

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