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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-6

A plant variety certificate may be applied for by any person who is a national of a State party to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and by any person who is a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-6

Acceptance is the act by which the client declares acceptance of the work, with or without reservations. It takes place at the request of the most diligent party, either amicably or, failing that, jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-15

Where the requested person is in a known place on the territory of another Member State, the European arrest warrant may be sent directly to the executing judicial authority, by any means that leaves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

When the public prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not be prosecuted, sentenced or detained with a view to the enforc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-45

Where the issuing State requests, under a European Investigation Order, the temporary transfer of a person detained in France, the judge hearing the case may, without prejudice to the provisions of Ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-66

The storage of samples after their analysis by the laboratory called in by the French Anti-Doping Agency in application of article L. 232-18 is carried out under the technical conditions provided for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-62

The Budget Controller draws up an a posteriori control programme on the basis of the risks identified, which may relate to the quality of the budgetary accounts kept or the sustainability of the budge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-62

In order to enable it to carry out the task provided for in Article L. 511-60, the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall be info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Employment contract

Article L3123-6

A part-time employee's contract of employment must be in writing. It shall state : 1° The employee's qualifications, the elements of remuneration, the planned weekly or monthly working time and, excep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-6

In all circumstances, and particularly during consultations or home visits, whenever it is established that the child's state of health requires appropriate care, it is the responsibility of the depar…

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