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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

…offences ;4° Revenue from the confiscation of goods and proceeds provided for in 1° of Article 225-24 of the Criminal Code;5° Proceeds from donations and bequests.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1794

…nd 21 to 33 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 22 to 24 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017. However, if the infringe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-2

…referred to in article R. 1333-30 without being accredited.The agents mentioned in Article L. 1333-24 are authorised by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to investigate and record th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D6313-5

…onditions:1° Titles I and III shall not apply to Saint-Martin;2° For the application of Article R. 4241-1, the economic, social and cultural council is assimilated to the regional economic, social and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-26

…ary previously received within the limits of the minimum and maximum amounts set in article D. 6341-24-3. It is calculated according to the legal working hours set out in article L. 3121-27 on the bas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-17

The money market instruments referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 214-24-55 comply with the following rules:1° They comply with at least one of the following criteria:a) They have an issue maturity of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-58

The declaration provided for in article L. 321-24 is accompanied by the following documents:1° Documents proving the identity and nationality of the person making the declaration or, in the case of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-1

…company or the intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code who maintains the securities account, to declare, under conditions set by decree, his status as an inter…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-1

I.-When sports associations and sports companies take part in sports events or competitions for which the marketing and management of the exploitation rights are assigned to the commercial company men…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-122

…without prejudice to 1° of I, the following are also mentioned ex officio in the register: 1° The main, secondary or territorial nature of the insolvency proceedings within the meaning of Article 3(…

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