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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

…Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the vineyard planting authorisati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

…servicemen who died during their participation in an operation mentioned in 2° or 3° of article L. 4138-3-1 of the Defence Code or, within three years of the end of these operations, from wounds recei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-5

…of the contracts of association mentioned in article L. 442-5 of the Education Code or article L. 813-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; b) Be authorised to receive national scholarship holder…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-9

…the conditions set out in Article L. 561-12 ; 2° The principal is one of the persons referred to in 13° of Article L. 561-2, in the situations set out in II and III of Article L. 561-3. V.-By way of d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article D561-32-1

…vidence;12° Transferring funds to a foreign country and then repatriating them in the form of loans;13° Organising insolvency through the rapid sale of assets to related natural or legal persons or on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…es or machines considered as new which are subject either to the procedures defined in article R. 4313-76 or to those defined in article R. 4313-77, are as follows: 1° Circular saws (single- or multib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions

Article R5211-4

…Subcategory of devices means a group of devices having common fields of use or a common technology; 13° Generic group of devices, a set of devices intended for an identical or similar use, or having a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article L223-2

The enforcement officer with a writ of execution may seize the debtor's vehicle by immobilising it, wherever it may be, by any means that does not result in any damage to the vehicle. The debtor may a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-37-3

Fungible goods represented by a storage receipt may be replaced by goods of the same nature, kind and quality. A storage receipt may be issued representing a batch of fungible goods to be taken from a…

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