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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Shipment and conduct abroad of goods intended for export.

Article 119

1. Civil and military aircraft leaving the customs territory may only take off from customs airports. 2. The same provisions as those laid down in articles 78-1, 79, 80-1 and 81 of this Code shall app…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Shipment and conduct abroad of goods intended for export.

Article 117

1. No ship, loaded or in ballast, may leave the port before Customs formalities have been completed and without being provided with : - customs documents concerning the vessel itself and its cargo ; -…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Shipment and conduct abroad of goods intended for export.

Article 116

The loading and transhipment of goods intended for export are subject to the same provisions as those laid down : a) 1 and 2 of Article 73 above, in the case of export by sea ; b) in 2 of the same art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to surety undertakings

Article L443-1

…heir undertaking, subrogation in the rights of the creditor as provided for in article 1346 of the Civil Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Admission to trading

Article L424-4

The operator of the multilateral trading facility shall establish transparent rules concerning the criteria for determining which financial instruments may be traded on its facility. When a financial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-3

…tion of the astreinte provided for in II of Article L. 464-2, the Autorité de la concurrence shall give its decision following referral to it under the conditions set out in Article L. 462-5. Its deci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-3

…Fraud Control or the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority for a place in the order of arrival with a view to benefiting from the total or partial exemption from financial penalties referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-6

Notifications of meetings of the Competition Authority shall be sent at least three weeks before the day of the meeting, either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or via a secure el…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-7

For the application of article L. 464-6, the referrer and the Government Commissioner have two months to submit their written observations. They may present oral observations at the meeting.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article D464-8-1

…mate interest of the parties and the persons cited in ensuring that their business secrets are not divulged.

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