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Showing 601610 of 34625 articles for Art. 202 ter · CAA Paris 3 October 2019

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 338

…y invalidity other than those resulting from the omission of the formalities prescribed by articles 323-1, 324 to 332 and 334 above. 2. However, any seizure of goods not prohibited for import or expor…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341

…forgery has not been made within the time limit and in accordance with the forms set out in article 339 above, the case shall be investigated and judged without regard to this.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 340

…the person making the entry, the Public Prosecutor shall take the appropriate steps to have the matter decided without delay. 2. In accordance with article 646 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-34

…the same table: Article applicable In the wording resulting from L. 54-10-1 and L. 54-10-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 54-10-3 to L. 54-10-5 Order no. 2020-1544 of 9 December 2020 II.For the a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Restricted formation (R).

Article R5211-34

When the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation from which a commune applies to withdraw includes the commune of Paris, the restricted formation of the competent departmental commission…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-3

…league is carried out by a commercial company created pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 333-1, each year this company draws up a report on compliance with competition rules, in particular…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-39

…Chairman, with the approval of the accounting officer, under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Complaints

Article R7111-32

…1° A member of the Court of Cassation, in office or honorary, as chairman; 2° Two judges from the Paris Court of Appeal, in office or honorary; 3° A representative of the directors of newspapers, pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…n under Book VI of the French Commercial Code, creditors holding a preferential right, pledge, collateral security or mortgage contribute to the distribution in proportion to their admitted claims: 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-32

…as regards the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin or Moselle, a copy of the extract from the register of associations of the judicial court; 2° A copy of the articles of association and, where appli…

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