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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 68

1. Goods arriving by sea must be listed on the ship's manifest or general cargo list. 2. This document must be signed by the master; it must mention the type and number of packages, their marks and nu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 679

…actes qui ne comportent aucune disposition entrant dans les prévisions des 1° à 4° de Article 677; 2° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages not subject to the proportional tax; 3° Deeds…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deeds and transfers other than transfers by death

Article 650

…Notaries may only register their deeds with the tax departments in whose jurisdiction they reside. 2. Bailiffs and all others with authority to issue writs or reports shall have their deeds registere…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 663

…to whom the copy has been left. The same applies in the case provided for in Article 654 (paragraph 2).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Transfers and other transactions resulting from verbal agreements

Article 639

…rights are not traded on a regulated financial instruments market within the meaning of Article L. 421-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code or on a multilateral trading facility within the meaning of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The form of bailiff's documents.

Article 648

…issued by a bailiff shall state, independently of the particulars prescribed elsewhere:1. Its date;2. a) If the claimant is a natural person: his surname, first names, occupation, domicile, nationali…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 643

…olynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Lands; 2. Two months for those living abroad.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62

…mes or, failing that, any useful information about the birth, subject to the provisions of Article 326.The act of recognition is entered on its date in the civil status registers. Only the particulars…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60

…1 to 60-10 apply to the implementation of : 1° This Code and for the purposes of fraud detection ; 2° Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 estab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

…presentative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons mentioned in 4° of Article 622-2 who intend to submit an application for review to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration may…

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