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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-6

…ustoms officers with at least the rank of controller, specially authorised by their district chief, may ask the intermediary to inform them, within a period that they set and which may not be less tha…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 348

If the taxpayer so requests in his dispute, he may be authorised to defer payment of the debt until the dispute has been resolved. The deferment of payment is granted to the taxpayer if the dispute is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-34

…instruments and deposits. On an ancillary basis, undertakings for collective real estate investment may acquire, directly or indirectly, with a view to their rental, furnishings, equipment or any mova…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantees for loans to sole traders

Article L313-21

…any other guarantor. If the entrepreneur does not agree, the credit institution or finance company may refuse to grant the financial assistance without being held liable.A credit institution or finan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-1

…ntary allowance provided for in article L. 1226-1 of this Code, derogating from ordinary law, these may be provided for by decree, for a limited period which may not exceed one year. Under the conditi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-1

…ring specific supervision for public health reasons or likely to result in unjustified expenditure, may be subject to rules relating to:- the training and qualifications of professionals who may presc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-5

Embryonic or foetal tissues or cells may only be removed, preserved and used following termination of pregnancy for diagnostic, therapeutic or scientific purposes. The woman who has undergone a termin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-6

I.-An association referred to in I of article L. 513-3 may terminate the membership of one of its members at its request. Membership may also be withdrawn automatically by the association if the broke…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article L411-1

…judicial police, infringements of these provisions. II. - These same commissioned and sworn agents may also be commissioned to carry out any investigation enabling the Centre national du cinéma et de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

I. - Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transpor…

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