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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Invalidity of deeds on formal grounds.

Article 114

…ed null and void on the grounds of a defect in form unless its nullity is expressly provided for by law, except in the case of failure to observe a substantial formality or a formality of public polic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 342

All offences and contraventions provided for by the customs laws may be prosecuted and proven by all legal means even if no seizure has been made within or outside the customs radius or if the goods d…

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

Article 433

1. Any person found by a court 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 de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-6

…the same purpose, between one or more purchasers and one or more legal persons governed by private law who are not purchasers, provided that each of the members of the pool applies the rules laid dow…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Concession contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L3213-1

…an economic operator when they benefit from an exclusive right by virtue of a provision adopted by law are subject to the rules defined in Title II, provided that this provision is compatible with th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Article L2728-1

…stablishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action, unless…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L2725-1

…stablishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action, unless…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 quater

When a company carries out the transactions provided for in articles 48 and 49 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, the cancellation of shares or cor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HV

…capital of approved capital companies, subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinary law and whose business is the acquisition of long-term electricity supply contracts are allowed as a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L341-17

Any breach of the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to banking or financial canvassing committed by the persons mentioned in 1°, 3°, 5°, 7° and 8° of article L. 341-3 and in ar…

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