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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-34-3

For the purposes of 2° of I of Article L. 612-35-1 and subject to the third paragraph of this Article, the police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be publ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 380

Producers, importers, refiners, distributors, wholesalers of mineral oils, derivatives and residues, as well as garage distributors and fuel retailers benefit, for the recovery of the part of their cl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-3

Provisions relating to business ceded to an insurance or reinsurance undertaking whose head office is in France or in another Member State or other State party to the Agreement on the European Economi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-3

I.- Holders of designation 1° under the adult critical care modality of article R. 6123-34-1 and holders of designation 1° or 2° under the paediatric critical care modality of article R. 6123-34-2 mus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

Any person, including any public official or any member of the armed forces, who has suffered loss as a result of intentional or unintentional acts which have the material nature of an offence may obt…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

1. For the purposes of this Code, all goods the import or export of which is prohibited on any grounds whatsoever, or subject to restrictions, quality or packaging rules or special formalities, are de…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

ISSUES FOR WHICH PROPOSALS FOR APPROPRIATE LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS I.-Minister responsible for national education -Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED) when it provides, on beh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Actions contesting parentage

Article 336-1

Where a civil registrar is in possession of a prenatal acknowledgement of paternity whose statements concerning its author are contradicted by the information concerning the father communicated to him…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-3

Where the duration of pre-trial detention exceeds one year in criminal cases or eight months in misdemeanour cases, decisions ordering its extension or rejecting applications for release must also inc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-3

Prior to release, the person under investigation must make the declaration of address provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 116. The person under investigation is informed that he or she mus…

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