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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Disputes

Article R442-2

…try of the enforcement judge by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by petition delivered or addressed to the court registry.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Clearing houses

Article D440-2

…by class of financial instruments or related transactions; -liquidity needs related to clearing activities, including liquidity needs in the event of adverse developments on financial markets as defi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quater

…party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which has concluded with France an administrative assistance agreement to combat tax fraud and tax evasion as well as a mutual assistance agreemen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 201

…yet recovered. It is calculated at the last rate used to calculate the advance payment mentioned in 2° of 2 of the article 204 A. Taxpayers must, within a period of forty-five days determined as indic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 230

…attached, the declaration must be lodged at the customs office of that port within three days of arrival.3. The report provided for in 1 of this article must, where appropriate, be attached to the dec…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book V: OTHER PUBLIC CONTRACTS

Article L2500-2

The public contracts mentioned in this Book concluded by a purchaser mentioned in Chapter I of Book IV relating to public contracting and having as their object the realisation of a work defined in Ch…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-213-1

…ded for reasons beyond the control of the fonds commun de placement d'entreprise, its primary objective must be to rectify the situation, taking into account the interests of the shareholders or unit-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-25

…d labour. These measurements are carried out by accredited organisations, which submit an annual activity report to the Minister for Health. An order by the ministers responsible for health and labour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

…result of the assessment of the state of preservation leads to the recommendations provided for in 2° or 3° of IV of article R. 1334-20, the person who has carried out the identification of the mater…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-24

…rsons carrying out the surveys referred to in article R. 1334-23, who include them in the annual activity report referred to in the same article.

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