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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Contribution to payment

Article 1712

The duties of civil and judicial deeds involving the transfer of ownership or usufruct of movable or immovable property, shall be borne by the new possessors, and those of all other deeds shall be bor…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-17

The violation of the prohibition mentioned in article L. 121-12 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the bene…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-10

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 217-12 relating to the terms and conditions for bringing the goods into conformity, is subject to an administrative fine of up to 15,000 euros for a natural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-11

I. - Stools and faecal microbiota preparations may only be imported from a State in which the donor selection, tests and analyses mentioned in the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 513…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-10

I.-Health professionals shall report without delay to the body responsible for toxicovigilance in their area any case of human intoxication that they observe and which presents one of the following se…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-1

If maintenance in undivided ownership has not been ordered and in the absence of preferential attribution in ownership under the conditions provided for in article 831 or article 832, the surviving sp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 831-1

In the event that neither the surviving spouse nor any co-owner heir requests the application of the provisions set out in article 831 or those of articles 832 or 832-1, the preferential allotment pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article D1110-3-1

When a person is cared for by a professional in one of the categories of professionals mentioned in article R. 1110-2 and who is not part of the care team within the meaning of article L. 1110-12, thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L930-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of this code are applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles L. 123-1-1, L. 123-29 to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 173

The minutes, opinions or reports drawn up, on the occasion of or following the execution of an investigative measure shall be sent or given in copy to each of the parties by the clerk of the court who…

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