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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to premises and means of transport

Article L512-6

…remises mentioned in article L. 512-5 are also for residential use, checks may only be carried out between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and, if the occupant objects, with the authorisation of the liberty and cus…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-5

The amount of the financial guarantee referred to in article R. 512-15 must be at least equal to the sum of 115,000 euros and may not be less than twice the average monthly amount of funds collected b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-65

…isions of Book IV, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction shall be informed by the competition and consumer affairs authority of the proposed visit and seizure operation prior to referral…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-43

…the same rights, the same responsibilities and receive the same remuneration, under the conditions set out in the Code of Criminal Procedure. The experts use the method or methods used by the State la…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-63

…of appeal within whose jurisdiction the judge authorised the measure, in accordance with the rules set out in the code of criminal procedure. The appeal is lodged by declaration at the clerk's office…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-44

…rt, the sample(s) taken and held by the administrative department shall be handed over to the experts.In the event that special preservation measures have been taken, the public prosecutor or the cour…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-45

The public prosecutor or the court shall give formal notice to the holder of the sample(s) taken to provide it (them) to the experts within a week, intact.If it (they) do not present the samples intac…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration application

Article L512-3

An applicant or holder of a filing who has not complied with the prescribed time limits may, if he can show a legitimate excuse, be relieved of any forfeiture he may have incurred.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration application

Article L512-2

…been invited, as the case may be, either to regularise the application or to submit his observations. For designs relating to industries which frequently renew the form and decoration of their produc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L512-4

It is forbidden to obstruct the performance of the duties of authorised agents. The agents mentioned in articles L. 511-3, L. 511-21 and L. 511-22 are empowered to investigate and record this offence.

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