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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-48

…ed by the applicant are not accepted, or if the new claims do not satisfy the provisions of article L. 612-4, he shall be notified thereof. If the division or limitation of the claims of the initial a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-48

…article R. 2223-44 must be provided by a training organisation declared in accordance with articles L. 6351-1 et seq. of the French Labour Code. Where it is aimed at local authority civil servants, it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-48

…a proprietary medicinal product and withdraw it from the market on the grounds mentioned in Article L. 5121-14-2. The decision must state the reasons on which it is based and, except in an emergency,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 486-1

Where the application for interim relief relates to an investigative measure carried out by a technician or to an expert assessment measure, the defendant who has indicated, before the hearing, that h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Judgments in accelerated proceedings on the merits

Article 481-1

Unless otherwise provided, where it is provided by law or regulation that a decision is to be taken under the accelerated procedure on the merits, the application shall be lodged, investigated and jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Automated national registry of legal proceedings

Article 48-1

The automated national order office for legal proceedings is an automated application, placed under the control of a magistrate, containing nominative information relating to complaints and denunciati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-48

The technical device referred to in article 230-47 is authorised: 1° As part of a flagrante delicto investigation, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 485-1

In the event of a conviction, without prejudice to the provisions providing for special reasons to be given for certain sentences, in particular unmodified sentences of unsuspended imprisonment, the r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 484-1

In the event of a sentence of confiscation relating to property that is not in the hands of the law, the criminal court may, in order to guarantee the execution of this sentence, order the seizure, at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 480-1

Persons convicted of the same offence shall be jointly and severally liable for restitution and damages. In addition, the court may, by special reasoned decision, order that an accused person who has…

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