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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 548

Works imported from a non-EU country must be presented to the customs authorities for customs clearance. After the responsibility stamp has been affixed at the importer's premises, the works are then…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-6

The agency's resources are made up of : 1° A subsidy from the State ; 2° Contributions from health insurance schemes, the amount and distribution of which among the schemes are set each year by order…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-6

…rsuant to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties for intermediaries

Article L354-5

For the application of article L. 354-4, the provisions of article L. 342-6 only apply to the provisions covered by articles L. 342-4 and L. 342-5.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article R615-6

The Commission shall notify the European Commission, pursuant to Article L. 615-1, the list of consumer mediators, specifying that they meet the quality requirements and fulfil the conditions laid dow…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 919-64

Difficult works are considered to be cinematographic works for which it is justified that there are particular difficulties in distributing them in cinemas due to abnormal market conditions linked to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D44-5

In the event of the temporary unavailability of the magistrate whose duties are defined in articles 230-9,230-14 and 230-24, these are exercised by the senior prosecuting magistrate who is a member of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1222-6

The Board of Directors sets the general guidelines for the institution's policy, in particular those concerning the deployment of the institution's activities, the promotion of donations and medical a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Non-profit associations, public interest foundations and companies authorised to carry out certain banking transactions.

Article R518-57

The authorisation referred to in 5° of Article L. 511-6 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Notification to the assigning accountant

Article R2191-54

The beneficiary of an assignment or pledge of a claim under a contract shall notify or serve this assignment or pledge on the assigning public accounting officer.

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