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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-2

…ustody is of foreign nationality, he or she may have the consular authorities of his or her country contacted.Unless there are insurmountable circumstances, which must be mentioned in the record, the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-1

…o: a) Participate under a pseudonym in electronic exchanges ; b) Use the means referred to in a) to contact persons likely to be the perpetrators of these offences; c) By this means, extract, acquire…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L341-1

Any unsolicited contact, by any means whatsoever, with a specific natural person or legal entity with a view to obtaining their agreement to ... constitutes a banking or financial solicitation: 1° The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-1-1

…ature likely to concern them, he/she will send the doctor consulted by the person thus informed the details of the prescribing doctor for communication of the genetic anomaly in question. No other inf…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for financial assistance

Article 122-2

…plication and in the event of a change, people applying for financial assistance provide their bank details.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE ASSIGNED RESIDENCE

Article L731-3

The administrative authority may authorise a foreign national who proves that it is impossible to leave French territory or that he/she is unable to return to his/her country of origin or to go to any…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-20

…fication data and the name and address of the person to whom it is addressed. 2° The identification details of the online public communication service that includes all or a substantial part of the co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-28

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of points 1 and 2 of Chapter IV, 1 and 2 of Section IX "Raw milk, colostrum, milk products and colostrum-based products" o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 G bis

…to the tax department of the place where the property is located containing all the identification details of the property or properties referred to in the first paragraph. Where the declaration is f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1232-4-4

…hospital organ procurement co-ordination team shall record this refusal in writing, giving precise details of the context and circumstances in which it was expressed. This document is dated and signe…

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