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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Jurisdiction ratione materiae.

Article 357

…riminal courts shall hear all customs offences and all customs matters raised by way of exception. (2) They shall likewise hear customs offences that are related, ancillary or connected to a customs o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…1° First group: works for which the hourly cash contribution is greater than or equal to €160,000; 2° Second group: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €160,000 and greater than…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-32

…spond to the sentencing decision and has not been completed or corrected within the time limit set; 2° The sentenced person is neither in France nor in the sentencing State; 3° The conditions laid dow…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Stoppage of proceedings.

Article 387

Peremption may be requested by any of the parties. It may be set up by way of exception against a party who performs an act after the expiry of the period of lapse.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-60

If proceedings are initiated in the cases provided for in the twentieth paragraph of Article 41-2, the file relating to these proceedings, which may include details of the measures carried out in whol…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L532-3

Failure to carry out measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 521-4 to L. 521-16 and L. 521-19 to L. 521-22 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. The fine may be increased to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-3

…the payee, initiated by the payer, or on his behalf, or by the payee.II. - The payment transaction may be initiated :a) By the payer, who gives a payment order to his payment service provider ;b) By…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3123-38

…eement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement or convention defines the permanent jobs that may be filled by employees holding an intermittent employment contract. This agreement determines, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-30

…the employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the Labour Code, and the legal weekly working time defined in article D. 4135-7 of this co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-37

For the application of II of article L. 5126-4, the authorisation may only be suspended, except in the event of an immediate danger to public health, or withdrawn once the administrative authority com…

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