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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Traffic

Article 466

With the exception of table grapes, fresh grape harvests are subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 8 to 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and are liabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-4

To prevent an imminent infringement or to stop an unlawful infringement of a business secret, the court may, on application or in summary proceedings, order provisional and conservatory measures, the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

I. - The author of an unavailable book or the publisher holding the right to reproduce that book in printed form may object to the exercise of the right of authorisation referred to in the first parag…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-4

An author or his successors in title may object to an approved collective management organisation issuing exploitation authorisations on their behalf. This objection may relate to a work or a group of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-4

…161, 162, 163, 180 or 191, the diplomatic or consular authority shall immediately refer the matter to the competent public prosecutor and inform the interested parties.The Public Prosecutor may, with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-4

It is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros for any person to manufacture, acquire, hold, transfer, offer or make available equipment, instruments, computer programmes or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-4

…se provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 1113-3, when their holders were in a position to do so, if fault is established against the establishments or against the persons for whom they ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-4

…ture, the agents mentioned inarticle L. 172-1 of the Environmental Code and the environmental inspectors of local authorities authorised and sworn in under conditions laid down by decree in the Counci…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-46

…nless otherwise decided by the resolution college, the liability management vehicle shall be deemed to be a continuation of the person subject to resolution proceedings in respect of the rights and ob…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-44

…of Book III and Chapter I of Title V of Book III. The results of these valuations are communicated to the collège de résolution in accordance with the procedures defined by the latter.

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