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Showing 18411850 of 42635 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-3-1969 n° 67-12.546

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-3

If the administration finds that the list does not meet the conditions laid down in article L. 6156-3, it will inform the list delegate by means of a reasoned decision. This decision shall be given by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-3

Pursuant to the second paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-2, the marketing, with a passport, in a Member State of the European Union other than France, to professional clients, of units or shares of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-3

…tion measures provided for in Chapter V of Title II of Book VI of this Code, in Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 précitée ou, dans le régime antérieur à cette loi, au titre II de la loi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-37

Where appropriate, the authority may inform the following of the opening of sanction proceedings: 1° The undertaking controlling the respondent within the meaning of I of Article L. 511-20 of this Cod…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Sale before judgement and release of perishable goods and means of transport.

Article 389

1. In the event of the seizure of means of transport whose release on bail or deposit has been offered by means of an official report and has not been accepted by the party, as well as in the event of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-68

…ectronic Communications Code, as well as the legal entities providing services mentioned in the loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique; 2° Financial, banking and c…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: General and compulsory formalities on pain of nullity of seizure reports.

Article 326

1. Seized means of transport shall be released on a solvent bond or on deposit of the value. However, such release shall be offered, without security or deposit, to the owner in good faith who is not…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

The right of recovery provided for in Article 103(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA

…t apply to goods for which the order gave rise to the benefit of the tax aid instituted by the lois n° 75-408 du 29 mai 1975 et n° 75-853 du 13 septembre 1975. The provisions of 2° do not apply to equ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special rights reserved for customs.

Article 387

1. When the offences referred to in articles 412, 1° to 5°, 414, 414-2 and 459 have been duly recorded by an official authorised for this purpose, the president of the judicial court may order, at the…

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