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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

1. The courts 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, a…

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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
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-33

Subject to the measures provided for in Article R. 615-34, the provisions of articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-32 relating to the joint conciliation commission are applicable to disputes arising from the ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-3

I. - It is an offence to market, broker or distribute, whether free of charge or against payment, wholesale or retail, homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 11° of article L. 5121-1 or tradition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-34-3

For the purposes of 2° of I of Article L. 612-35-1 and subject to the third paragraph of this Article, the police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-31

The accounting officer may, under his responsibility, delegate his signature to one or more agents whom he constitutes his authorised representatives.The accounting officer is responsible for the oper…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Economic aid

Article L2573-35

I. - The articles L. 2251-2 to L. 2251-3-1 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from 1st January 2012 subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Guarantee of financial obligations

Article L211-38-1

No creditor of the beneficiary other than the provider of the financial collateral referred to in Article L. 211-38 and provided as initial margin pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012…

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