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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414

…d, confiscation of property used to commit the offence or intended to be used to commit the offence and of which the offender is the owner or, subject to the rights of the owner in good faith, of whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-41

If the notified body, after carrying out the necessary examinations, considers that the certificate is still valid in the light of the state of the art, it will renew it for a period of five years.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Traffic

Article 466

…laid down in Articles 8 to 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and are liable to the same duties as wines at the rate of one hectolitre of wine per 130 litres or 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax system

Article 402

Any mixture with ethyl alcohol of bodies belonging to the chemical family of alcohols or having an alcohol chemical function, likely to replace ethyl alcohol in any of its uses when this mixture is in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 49

The investigating judge is responsible for carrying out the information, as set out in Chapter I of Title III. He may not, on pain of nullity, participate in the judgment of criminal cases that he has…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-48

…a way as to prevent any risk of contact between persons present in the vicinity of the installation and the moving carrier or any other moving part. As soon as a guard is opened, devices must prevent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-49

Checks and maintenance operations are carried out from a safe location allowing easy and secure access to the components concerned, by opening a guard. A stop device allows safe access to the passenge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-46

The provisions of this section apply to the following work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure, either along a perfectly defined vertical path in space, or along a substantially…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-47

…a way as to avoid: 1° any risk of the persons concerned falling when the carrier is at rest on the landing; 2° any dangerous movement or displacement of the carrier when accessing the equipment for lo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 44

…olice courts within his jurisdiction. He may report to them any contraventions of which he is aware and order them to prosecute. He may also, if necessary, request that an investigation be opened..

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