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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 570

I. - In accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation, all suppliers are subject to the following obligations:1° Deliver tobacco only to the tobacconists designated in article 568;2° Retain o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Individuals

Article 1144-5

The divorce agreement shall fix the apportionment of its costs between the spouses subject to the application of the provisions of Article 123 of Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 where one of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-56

Any sum handed over in payment to a bailiff by a debtor to settle a claim must be repaid by the bailiff to the creditor within a maximum period of three weeks if the payment is made in cash, six weeks…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

The national automated DNA fingerprint database centralises DNA traces and fingerprints relating to the following offences: 1° Sexual offences referred to in Article 706-47 of this code as well as the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-240-5

The extract from the articles of association of the specialised finance company referred to in Article L. 214-190-2 shall be filed with the Trade and Companies Register. It shall be signed by the memb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-52

…ed at the end of each of the years of the execution of the agreement. The annual amount of the advance shall be set by order communicated by the Registrar to the Public Prosecutor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-51

…he assignment prepared as part of the conciliation is implemented after the opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings by the same person in execution of the judicial man…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-50

…the remuneration to the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the execution of the agreement and the expert, as well as to the debtor. The decision taken in the event of recourse to conciliatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration.

Article D6152-514-1

The allowances mentioned in 2° of article R. 6152-514 are : 1° Allowances for taking part in on-call duty or for periods of work in excess of weekly service obligations: a) hardship allowances corresp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-551

…ble to these practitioners is set at : 1° 65 years for those born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months f…

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