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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying articles L. 131-3-1 and L. 131-3-2. In particular, it defines the conditions under which a civil servant who is the author of a w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval

Article 353

…hat the applicant or applicants have obtained approval to adopt or were exempt from obtaining approval.If approval has been refused or has not been granted within the legal time limit, the court may o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 348

If the taxpayer so requests in his dispute, he may be authorised to defer payment of the debt until the dispute has been resolved. The deferment of payment is granted to the taxpayer if the dispute is…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345

Debts of all kinds established and recovered by the customs administration are the subject of a notice of recovery subject, if necessary, to referral to the judicial judge. The collection notice is is…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 346

Any challenge to the claim must be addressed to the authority that issued the assessment notice within three years of its notification, without prejudice to the time limits for remission of duties set…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 347

Within two months of receiving the response from the Regional Director of Customs or, in the absence of a response, on expiry of the six-month period provided for in the previous article, the taxpayer…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 349

…nt to give a ruling, the taxpayer and the customs accounting officer may appeal to the court of appeal.Where sufficient guarantees have not been provided and the customs accounting officer has impleme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Distillation sites

Article 320

The following are considered to be cooperative associations: groupings of owners, farmers and sharecroppers united in professional syndicates or cooperative distillation associations, which deposit th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Distillation sites

Article 319

At the request of town councils or agricultural and distillers' unions, at least one public distillation workshop shall be opened per commune or hamlet, on public sites or premises designated by the r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-3

With regard to aid for the pre-production and production of immersive works, the total amount of aid granted for the same work may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of a…

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