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What is France’s ‘intime conviction’ legal concept used to reach verdict in Cédric Jubillar trial?
Unique approach to murder trial without a body that transfixed France
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Row over French carsharing app that lets smokers buy cheap cigarettes in six EU countries
Products such as tobacco and alcohol are less expensive in neighbouring countries
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French pharmacies attract American visitors with their lower prices
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Restaurants ‘must offer doggy bags’
Restaurants, cafés and bistros across France will be obliged to supply diners with “doggy-bags” if requested from July 2021, under a new law to reduce food waste.

Some 10million tonnes of food, worth an estimated €16billion, is thrown away in France every year. The law says diners must have the chance to take home uneaten food.