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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-2

Where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the commission or attempted commission of an offence referred to in Section 1 of Chapter VI of Title XII and Chapter IV of Title XIV of this Code and…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

I.-Any person who hosts personal health data collected in the course of preventive, diagnostic, care or social and medico-social monitoring activities, on behalf of the natural or legal persons respon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-8

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for a liquidator, in bad faith: 1° Making use of the assets or credit of the company in liquidation that he knows to be contrary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-8

Carrying out an itinerant commercial or craft activity without the prior declaration provided for in article L. 123-29 of the French Commercial Code is punishable by the fine provided for 4th class co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-2

When the declaration is made at the same time as a business creation declaration submitted to the business formalities centre run by a territorial chamber of commerce and industry or by a chamber of t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-6

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book V in French Polynesia: 1° In article L. 2512-1, 2° is worded as follows: " 2° A legal instrument such as an international agreement relating t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L921-8

In 6° of Article L. 145-2, the words "to the social security fund of the house of artists and recognised authors of graphic and plastic works, as defined by Article 71 of Annex III to the General Tax…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-8

The following shall be determined, as necessary, by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, after obtaining the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-2

The prefect may be represented by a civil servant from the prefectoral corps assigned to the department to chair the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-6

The rules relating to the obligations imposed by the concession-granting authority of a marina, concerning the reconstitution of artificial beach areas, are set out in…

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