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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 427

The following are deemed to be undeclared imports of prohibited goods: 1° the unlawful landing of the items referred to in article 424-2 above ; 2° failure to lodge the declaration provided for in art…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 426

…or export, as provided for in Article 158 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European Union Customs Code, and whose purpose…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 423

The following constitute undeclared imports or exports 1° Imports or exports by customs offices without an accounting declaration or under cover of an accounting declaration not applicable to the good…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 424

…export, in the event of non-representation or a difference in nature or kind between the said goods and those presented at departure ;2° objects prohibited from entry or liable to excise duty on energ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation

Article L5211-5-1 A

…sting community of communes or agglomeration community under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-5, after receiving the opinion of the deliberative body of the existing public establishment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-4

…cilitate the cooperation they organise within the framework of the agreement referred to in article L. 6111-3-2 with primary care providers in the areas they serve, local hospitals may adapt their ope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-4

I.-As regards staffing levels, collective crèches and day nurseries must comply with the provisions set out in articles R. 2324-42 to R. 2324-43-2. II.-Any collective crèche or day nursery must ensure…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-4-2

…delete or modify, for purposes other than research, any item of information referred to in article L. 331-11, through personal intervention that does not require the use of a technological applicatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-4

…ty, on behalf of the company in liquidation, for the settlement of the losses mentioned in articles L. 211-1 and L 242-1, the first paragraph of III of article L. 421-1 is applicable.The guarantee fun…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-4-1

…is; 3° Acts performed for the purpose of creating a new variety or acts referred to in I of Article L. 623-4 relating to that new variety, unless III and IV of that same Article are applicable. II.-Th…

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