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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-13

The publication of the extract or notice made pursuant to the preceding article must, on pain of nullity, be preceded either by the registration of the deed containing the transfer, unless it is an au…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-5

In the event of a conviction based on one of the offences defined in articles L. 335-2 to L. 335-4-2, the court may order the total or partial, permanent or temporary closure, for a maximum period of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-4

When the communes concerned by a request to create a new commune are not located in the same département or region, the decision to create the commune may only be taken after the territorial boundarie…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

Any person of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 191

Each court of appeal comprises at least one investigating chamber. This court is composed of a chamber president, exclusively attached to this service, and two councillors who may, if necessary, provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 263

The committee meets when convened by its chairman at the seat of the assize court, during the month of September. Its secretariat is provided by the registrar of the court in which the Assize Court ha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7

One third of the Agency's College is renewed every two years. In the event of a vacancy, the gender of the replacement is determined so as to reduce, as far as possible, the difference between the tot…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

In addition to the Director, who chairs it, the person in charge of human resources management and staff representatives, the Management Committee includes a representative of the region appointed by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-20

In agreement with the president of the federation concerned, the staff carrying out the role of national technical director draw up national technical guidelines which are updated annually. They infor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-52

The diplôme d'Etat supérieur de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport) is awarded for the "sports performance" speciality or the…

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