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

Article 40

…unciations and assesses the action to be taken on them in accordance with the provisions of article 40-1.Any constituted authority, any public officer or civil servant who, in the performance of his d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 40

I. Subject to what is stated in Article 238 octies, and by way of derogation from the provisions of 1 of Article 38, capital gains arising from the disposal during the course of business of fixed asse…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 40

A judgment deciding an indeterminate claim shall, unless otherwise provided, be subject to appeal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 40

Civil status records are drawn up on paper and are entered, in each municipality, in one or more registers kept in duplicate. When they have implemented automated processing of civil status data, the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions relating to the protection of trade marks and indications of origin.

Article 40

All foreign products that do not comply with the obligations imposed on indications of origin by the law of 20 April 1932 and the decrees issued for its implementation are prohibited from entry and ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Remedies sought before the First President of the Court of Appeal

Article R40

Decisions of the first president of the court of appeal awarding compensation shall be subject to provisional execution as of right.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article D40

Requests for expert reports, for the modification of an expert's mission or for the addition of a co-expert and observations concerning expert reports provided for in articles 156, 161-1, 161-2,167 an…

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

Article 40-2

…are identified, as well as the persons or authorities mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 40, of the prosecution or alternative measures to prosecution that have been decided following their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-17

…3, the chairman of the committee may, after notifying the persons listed at 1° to 3° of Article R. 40-4, decide that there is no need for further investigation or for the acts provided for in Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-14

In the month following the expiry of the fifteen-day period provided for in Article R. 40-12 or the last paragraph of article R. 40-13, the chairman of the committee shall appoint a rapporteur from am…

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