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Article L512-56 of the French Consumer Code

Visit and seizure operations may not be started before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m.
However, authorised agents may, when the needs of the investigation so require, carry out these operations outside these hours in premises used for professional purposes and in premises where services are being provided, provided that the order issued by the liberties and detention judge expressly so provides and that these premises are not also used for residential purposes.

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Article L512-56


Les opérations de visite et de saisie ne peuvent être commencées ni avant 6 heures, ni après 21 heures.
Toutefois, les agents habilités peuvent, lorsque les nécessités de l’enquête l’exigent, procéder à ces opérations en dehors de ces heures dans les lieux utilisés à des fins professionnelles et dans les lieux d’exécution d’une prestation de services, sous réserve que l’ordonnance délivrée par le juge des libertés et de la détention le prévoie expressément et que ces lieux ne soient pas également à usage d’habitation.

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