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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition, assimilation and classification.

Article 28

…ation assigned to them by the Common Customs Tariff. Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomenclature for customs clearance o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

Also governed by the provisions of this code is the performance right in a work broadcast by satellite from the territory of a non-EU Member State that does not provide a level of copyright protection…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-25

Opposing the performance of the duties entrusted to the agents and persons authorised pursuant to article L. 232-11 is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.Failure to comply wit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative decisions

Article 27-3

Decrees that result in loss for one of the reasons provided for in articles 23-7 and 23-8 or forfeiture of French nationality are taken, the interested party being heard or called upon to produce his…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Retirement

Article D1237-2-2

…r shall offer employees, before they retire, awareness training in the fight against cardiac arrest and in life-saving techniques as provided for in article L. 1237-9-1. The time spent on this trainin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-22

…om the following tax resources:1° The taxes provided for in Article 575 E bis, in I of Article 1586 and in Article 1599 bis of the General Tax Code;2° The proceeds of the increase in Corsica of the ta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-27

…this time limit. The additional period that the Minister responsible for industrial property may grant to the interested party by virtue of the same paragraph 3 shall run from the date of expiry of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2-2

…rogation from the provisions of Book I of the Code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique and Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Code de l'environnement, when a minor modification to o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public health and environmental whistleblowing

Article L4133-2

…to the right to have recourse, if the conditions are met, to the reporting or public disclosure mechanism provided for in Chapter II of Title I of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1121-2

No person may be excluded from a recruitment procedure or from access to an internship or training period in the company, no employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to any direct or indirect…

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