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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-59

…objects, documents and information media useful to the investigation. They may take samples of goods. They may also place seals on any business premises, objects, documents and information media, wit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection of information and documents

Article L512-11

…s to the unencrypted reproduction of information likely to facilitate the performance of their duties. They may request that the information be transcribed by any appropriate process into documents th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection of information and documents

Article L512-15

For the purposes of investigating and establishing misleading commercial practices, the authorised agents may require the party responsible for the practice to make available to them or to provide the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-1

The dispositions de l'article 11 du code de procédure pénale ou celles relatives au secret professionnel ne font pas obstacle à la notification d'informations relatives à un contenu illicite aux perso…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Consignment subject to authorisation by the liberty and custody judge

Article L512-38

…measure may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal in accordance with the rules set out in the code of criminal procedure. The parties are not required to constitute a lawyer.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-41

…is required, it shall be ordered and carried out in accordance with the provisions and in the form set out in Articles 156 to 169 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, subject to the reservations mention…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-2

…for the same purposes and under the same conditions, make public, through the intermediary of competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, objective elements drawn from the proceedings…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-31

…he authorized agents draw up a seizure report, which is sent to the public prosecutor within 24 hours.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-40

…m him that he has a period of three clear days from receipt of the report in which to inform them whether he requests the implementation of an expert report provided for in this sub-section.If, within…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-18

…al Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy do not prevent the communication, to the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union and to the European Commission, of info…

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