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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-19

…III of the Criminal Code, Chapter III of Title III of Book IV of the same Code or by the Law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press committed against a person invested with a public elective off…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 quinquies

…mal origin, live animals and feed of non-animal origin covered by Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the Eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L514-1

…The granting of loans to local public establishments and to associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association whose activity is carried out in the usual area of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-2

…tions aimed at young people, as defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of law no. 49-956 of 16 July 1949 on publications aimed at young people; 2° By radio broadcasting for the categories of radi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZA

…itional tax to the tax on commercial surfaces provided for by the article 3 of law no. 72-657 of 13 July 1972 instituting measures in favour of certain categories of elderly shopkeepers and craftsmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-18

…fices and that devoted to the companies mentioned in third paragraph of article 29 of the law of 10 July 2000 regulating voluntary sales of furniture by public auction ;10° Of the total number of offi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-2

…the provisions of article L. 321-4 of the French Commercial Code, amended by Law No. 2011-850 of 20 July 2011 on the liberalisation of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction, under the terms o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 5211-6 et L. 5211-6-1, between two general renewals of the municipal councils:1° In the event of the creation of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishmen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-3

I.- The provisions of this code also govern the right of performance of a work incorporated into a programme mentioned in II on an ancillary online service broadcast cross-border by a broadcasting org…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-2

A commercial practice is misleading if it is committed in any of the following circumstances: 1° Where it creates confusion with another good or service, a trade mark, trade name or other distinguishi…

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