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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-4

…e applicable, residences of persons who have been the subject of : 1° A conviction, even if not yet final, including a conviction in absentia or a conviction with a dispensation or deferment of senten…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-1

…ent on the European Economic Area; 2° Not have been the perpetrator of acts that have resulted in a final criminal conviction for acts contrary to honour, probity or morality or acts of the same natur…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-15

…Article L. 125-10, the exclusion of the person concerned. Until the decision to exclude has become final, the excluded party is entitled to present one or more assignees under the conditions determin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-2

…ght is exercised in the following order: by the descendants, by the spouse against whom there is no final judgment of legal separation or who has not contracted a new marriage, by the heirs other than…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-4

…used, from the day on which the court decision admitting the legality of the declaration has become final. The foreign spouse's actual polygamous status or conviction for the offence defined in articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-10

…aining their agreement, appoint a family mediator to carry it out, including in the decision giving final judgment on the terms of exercise of parental authority.The court may also order them, unless…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 269-1

…mit a request to the president of the investigating chamber, even if the committal order has become final and no later than three months before the date of his appearance before the assize court, chal…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Non-drinking water

Article L1322-14

…ater has no influence, direct or indirect, on the health of the user or on the wholesomeness of the final foodstuff.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat determines the procedures for applying the provisions…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-12

…nd is eligible for the tax credit for the expenses mentioned in III of the same article, subject to final approval being granted.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-32

…is eligible for the tax credit for the expenditure mentioned in IV of the same article, subject to final approval being granted.

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