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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432 bis

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in articles 414, 414-2 and 459 are liable to the following additional penalties:1° Prohibition, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-27 o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432 ter

Any foreigner guilty of the offence referred to in article 414 of this Code involving manufactured tobacco products or narcotics may be banned from French territory for up to ten years, under the cond…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

…rt of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be deprived of the option of tran…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432

…ng offence or an offence of importing or exporting without declaration shall be disqualified from standing for election to the stock exchange, exercising the functions of stockbroker or broker, and fr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-11

The suspension provided for in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 shall take effect on the date of the decision of the Sanction Commission or of the agreement provided for in article L. 232-21, except where…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Allocation of free shares to company employees

Article 1127

No tax shall be levied on free allocations of shares made pursuant to: 1° (Repealed); 2° (Repealed); 3° Articles L. 322-13 and L. 322-22 of the Insurance Code relating to national insurance companies;…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-5

The bodies referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 131-3 elect representatives from among their members to the governing bodies of the sports federation under the conditions laid down in its articles o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-60

The application for definitive approval is submitted by the executive production company once the final work carried out in France has been completed.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-61

The application for final approval must be accompanied by the following information and supporting documents: 1° A copy of the final contract concluded between the French executive production company…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-62

…cutive production company. The final approval decision states that, in the light of the information and supporting documents mentioned in Article…

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