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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16

…itutes a serious threat to public order, the representative of the State in the département and, in Paris, the Préfet de Police may, by means of a reasoned order, prohibit that person from entering or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-13

…ibition within the meaning of the revised convention concerning international exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928. However, in the latter case, the exhibition of the invention must have be…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judgement on the application to remain in the waiting zone

Article R342-8

…ed, although duly summoned, as well as to the public prosecutor and the departmental prefect or, in Paris, the police prefect, who acknowledge receipt.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chairmen and vice-chairmen

Article D1423-73

…the table below: DESIGNATION of industrial tribunals MAXIMUM NUMBER of compensable hours Conseil de Paris 52 hours per month Councils of Bobigny, Lyon, Marseille, Nanterre 60 hours per year Aix-en-Pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article R751-3

…1° of III and 1° of IV of article L. 751-2, who must be elected representatives of communes or, in Paris, arrondissements, located in the project's trading area, may not exceed five, the number of qu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-31-1

…to the President of the Investigating Chamber or the President of the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal respectively, within one month of the date of dispatch of the refusal decision…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-17

…i-disciplinary assessment of dangerousness. At the end of this period, the commission will send the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court and the person concerned a reasoned opinion on the appropriateness…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-135

…ndividuals or seriously undermines public order. The State representative in the département or, in Paris, the Police Prefect, is immediately notified of this decision. The regime for this hospitalisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-3

…le L. 3122-5 or if they have not accepted the offer made to them. This action is brought before the Paris Court of Appeal. The victim's acceptance of the Office's offer constitutes a settlement within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-5

…e reception facility shall immediately forward to the State representative in the department or, in Paris, to the police prefect, and to the departmental commission for psychiatric care mentioned in a…

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