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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-15

The owner whose vehicle has been impounded on the authorisation of the public prosecutor pursuant to articles L. 325-1-1 or L. 325-1-2 of the Highway Code and who has subsequently been acquitted by a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VL

The seller or exporter may opt for the regime defined in Article 150 UA provided that they can prove the date and price of acquisition of the property or that the property has been held for more than…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-15

The fabriques of churches and consistories alone enjoy the right to provide carriages, hangings, ornaments, and generally to make any supplies whatsoever necessary for burials and for the decency or p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-159

Natural or legal persons practising as commercial court clerks may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participation financière de profession libérale d'…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-154

The authorisation holder organises continuity of care for hospitalised patients by guaranteeing the intervention of a doctor within a timeframe compatible with the safety of care. This organisation ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts

Article L721-15

In Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (French overseas departments note-issuing bank) provides public accountants, at the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Dispensing of medicinal products

Article R3112-15

…harmacist.For the purposes of this article, if the Director General of the Regional Health Agency remains silent, authorisation will be deemed to have been granted on expiry of a period of two months…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-1

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may have the operations provided for in Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Article 55-1 shall app…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons

Article L823-15

Foreign nationals convicted under articles L. 823-11 or L. 823-12 may be banned from French territory:1° For up to ten years, in the event of conviction under article L. 823-11;2° Permanently, in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-15

The employer and the heads of the external companies respectively take the measures within their prerogatives to enable the employees of external companies appointed to the extended health, safety and…

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