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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 566

…e fault of the bailiff, the bailiff may be ordered to pay the costs of the writ and the annulled proceedings, and possibly damages to the party who has been prejudiced.The court which declares the nul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 576

The declaration of appeal must be made to the registrar of the court which handed down the contested decision.It must be signed by the registrar and by the applicant for judicial review himself or by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Merchants and persons treated as such

Article 534

…separate and refine gold, silver or platinum for the trade, as well as auctioneers, ministerial officers or any other bodies (auction rooms, municipal credit institutions, etc.) carrying out, even occ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Importation

Article 549

…another State party to the Agreement establishing the European Economic Area or from Turkey are placed on the market which do not bear a maker's or responsibility mark and a title mark under the cond…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Title of works

Article 521

…on their behalf by third parties with materials which may or may not belong to them. Persons who place such articles on the market from other Member States of the European Union and from third countri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Export or delivery to another Member State of the European Union

Article 545

…Community or for export to third countries.Articles manufactured in this way may under no circumstances, on pain of seizure, be delivered for domestic consumption and they shall never bear the hallmar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Trial procedures

Article 531

…ver, platinum is filled with iron, copper or any other foreign material, he has it cut in the presence of the owner. If the fraud is recognised, the work is seized without prejudice to the applicable…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common obligations

Article 536

Unmarked works purchased by manufacturers and merchants, even for their personal use, must be presented for inspection within three days or broken. Any gold, silver or platinum work found unmarked at…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Imports

Article 520

Imported spirits, wines, ciders, perries and meads are subject to all the provisions laid down in domestic legislation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Title of works

Article 522

…for platinum articles. Iridium associated with platinum is counted as platinum. No negative tolerance of title is allowed. The title of articles is guaranteed by the State, by State-approved control…

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