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Showing 23112320 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Obligations of private individuals

Article 306

No one may import, acquire free of charge or for a consideration, hire out or have repaired or transformed an appliance or parts of appliances suitable for the distillation, manufacture or pressing of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 353

The administration is discharged vis-à-vis the debtors, three years after each expired year, from the custody of the registers of receipts and other documents of the said year, without being obliged t…

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

Article 354

Subject to article 354 bis, the administration's right of recovery is exercised within a period of three years from the chargeable event. The limitation period is interrupted by the notification of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-33

…r the cessation of its activities to an administration, a person or a body mentioned in article L. 123-32 by filing a single dossier comprising the declarations it is required to make. This file is fi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-3

…der of the minister responsible for industrial property for a period of three years renewable once; 2° The director of civil affairs and the seal at the ministry of justice or his representative ; 3°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article A512-3

The register of intermediaries referred to in Article R. 512-6 includes the following information:1° The intermediary's registration number ;2° In the case of a natural person, his identity, the addre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R1245-34

…té du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for :1° Assigning the code defined in a of 2° of Article R. 1245-31 to the establishments it authorises pursuant to Article L. 1243-2, the firs…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions required for full adoption

Article 370-1-3

…hed filiation only in respect of that spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee;2° Where the child has been the subject of a full adoption by that spouse, partner bound by a civil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Addition of vitamins, minerals and certain other substances to foodstuffs

Article R412-23

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 1, paragraph 2 of Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3, Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 306

…such a case, the court shall declare this by a judgment given in open court. However, the president may prohibit minors or certain minors from entering the courtroom. When proceedings are brought for…

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