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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 27 bis

Reimbursement of import duties may be granted where it is established that, at the time of importation, the goods were defective or did not comply with the terms of the contract under which they were…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-27

The dialogue may take place in successive phases so as to reduce the number of solutions to be discussed, by applying the award criteria defined in the contract notice or in another consultation docum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R7111-27

The Professional Journalists Identity Card Committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure. The committee may only deliberate when at least five representatives of employers and five representative…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Authorisation of establishments

Article R1261-27

I.-The application is deemed to be complete if, within two months of its receipt, the ministers responsible for the applicant institution have not informed the latter of any missing or incomplete info…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-277

…e months must not practise before the expiry of a period of two years in a position where he or she may enter into competition with that dental surgeon, subject to agreement between the contracting pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-26

I. - An open-ended investment company (société d'investissement à capital variable) or a management company acting on behalf of all the UCITS it manages shall not acquire shares carrying voting rights…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 ter

1. The use for carburation, sale or offering for sale for carburation of products whose use and sale for this purpose have not been specially authorised by orders of the Minister for the Budget and th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-26

…to cinematographic theatres;3° Undertake to continue distributing cinematographic works during 2021;4° Have achieved a turnover of less than €3,000,000 in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020;5° Have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-27

…vided for in the second paragraph of article L. 237-25 are made: 1° By a majority of the members in capital, in general partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships; 2° Under…

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