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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-16

…airman with the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies and by the accounting…

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 A

…f this article, companies that carry out the operations mentioned in the first paragraph of article 1465 under the conditions and subject, where applicable, to the approval provided for in this articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-15

…of infringing copyright or related rights are detained after a request mentioned in Article L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroyed under the supervision…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-11

1° If the application does not comply with the provisions of Article R. 712-10, the applicant shall be notified of this with reasons. The applicant is given a period in which to rectify the filing or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-15

The Prefect monitors performance of the agreement. At the employer's request, the Prefect will provide any information needed to check that the agreement is being properly implemented, and that the in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1227

An application for the protection of a person of full age lapses if the guardianship judge has not given a ruling on it within the year in which it was referred to him or her.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1228

When applying article 442 or paragraph 5 of article 494-6 of the Civil Code, the judge shall rule after hearing or calling the protected person under the conditions provided for in articles 1220 to 12…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Enforcement of the decision

Article 1233

…ime limit set or for a reason other than that referred to in the first paragraph and in Article 494-11 of the Civil Code, notice of this is given by any means and for the same purposes by the clerk of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Allocation

Article L2113-11

The purchaser may decide not to allot a contract in one of the following cases:1° It is not in a position to carry out the organisational, steering and coordination tasks itself;2° Awarding the contra…

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