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Showing 16811690 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 310-3

…ificate, by the acknowledgement certificate or by the notoriety certificate establishing possession of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter III of this Title, parentage is proved and co…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-3

…n Public Prosecutor exercises his jurisdiction, or during the periods provided for in Article 27(1) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017: 1° By way of derogation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 339

…no later than the hearing indicated in the summons to appear before the court that is to hear the offence. 2. within the following three days, he must lodge at the clerk's office of the aforemention…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 337

1. Customs reports drawn up by a single officer are authentic until proven otherwise. 2. In the case of offences recorded in a report following a paper audit, proof to the contrary may only be provide…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 336

1. Customs reports drawn up by two customs officers or officers of any other administration shall be deemed authentic until a forgery has been recorded in respect of the material findings they describ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 338

…s may not admit against customs reports any invalidity other than those resulting from the omission of the formalities prescribed by articles 323-1, 324 to 332 and 334 above. 2. However, any seizure o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341

Where an entry of forgery has not been made within the time limit and in accordance with the forms set out in article 339 above, the case shall be investigated and judged without regard to this.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 340

1. In the case of an entry of forgery against a report recording the fraud, if the entry is made within the time limit and in the form prescribed by the preceding article and assuming that the means o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

…L. 131-3-2. In particular, it defines the conditions under which a civil servant who is the author of a work may be interested in the proceeds from its exploitation when the public entity employing h…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Confiscation of items seized from unknown persons and minutes.

Article 375

1. The customs administration may apply to the judicial court for the confiscation in kind of items seized from unknown persons or individuals who have not been prosecuted due to the insignificance of…

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