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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: The descriptive statement

Article 1323

When it appears that the consistency of the goods left on the premises after separation of the precious objects pursuant to the provisions of article 1313 does not justify the affixing of seals, the b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1294

The judgment pronouncing the separation is published in a newspaper circulated within the jurisdiction of the court that handed it down. The operative part of the judgment is notified to the civil reg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-1

For the duration of their presence in the company as part of one of the training courses mentioned in article L. 6313-1, trainees who do not have an employment contract benefit from the provisions of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-127

Anti-securitisation and suretyship by separate deed (numbers 110 and 111 of table 5) give rise to the collection of: 1° Where the antisecuritisation or suretyship is granted by a third party in the ma…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 121

1. The Director General of Customs and Excise may authorise the replacement of the acquit-à-caution by any document in lieu thereof, valid for one or more operations and offering the same guarantees.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Grazing land.

Article 180

1. Animals belonging to the categories referred to in Article 208 below which are to graze outside the Customs territory must be the subject of acquits-à-caution by which the exporters undertake to re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Uncultivated land. Development

Article 1025

Concession contracts, certificates, minutes and, in general, all acts relating to the classification or concession of uncultivated or manifestly underexploited land referred to in articles L. 125-1 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-17

In the event of the termination of the local mandate of an elected member of the national council in respect of which he/she sits on that council, the national association of local elected representat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-10

The statutory auditors' permanent mission, excluding any interference in management, is to verify the values and accounting documents of the person or entity whose accounts they are responsible for ce…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D811-1-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The provisions of Book IV mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below,…

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