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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Directory of notaries, bailiffs, court clerks, secretaries, auctioneers, commercial brokers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries

Article 867

…ll keep columnar directories, on which they shall enter, day by day, and in order of number, namely:1° Notaries, all deeds they receive;2° Bailiffs, all deeds of their ministry;3° Clerks, all deeds an…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 56

…nullity, in addition to the particulars prescribed for bailiff's writs and those set out in Article 54 :

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to customs offices and brigades.

Article 52

1. The municipal administrations and, in their absence, those of the department are required, when requisitioned by the heads of the customs service, to designate the houses and sites suitable for the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L762-1

…ng provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by opera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the administration of the person subject to a resolution procedure

Article L613-51

…the measures referred to in this subsection in respect of a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 of the measures referred to in this sub-section, the resolution board may decide to exercise,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59

(1) It is forbidden for customs officers to receive, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, reward or gift, subject to the penalties laid down in the Criminal Code for public officials who allow themse…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 595

An application for review may only be made for one of the following reasons: 1. If, after the judgment, it is revealed that the decision was surprised by the fraud of the party in whose favour it was…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to customs offices and brigades.

Article 51

1. Gates, offices, posts or fences intended for the guarding and surveillance of the frontiers may be established on the land that is necessary on condition that the State pays the value of this land…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-5

When the previously competent local authority was the lessee of the assets made available, the local authority benefiting from the transfer of competencies succeeds to all of its rights and obligation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expert committees

Article R1231-5

…mittee of experts set up by the Agence de la biomédecine under the conditions set out in article L. 1231-3 sits on one of the sites designated by the latter. The list of sites is communicated to the d…

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