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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 58

1. Officers of customs brigades must undertake to leave the customs area for five years in the event of their dismissal, unless they return to the domicile they had in the area before joining the cust…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Closure of proceedings

Article R742-55-1

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 733-17-1 shall apply. The letter provided for in this paragraph shall also include the information provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Role of the social and economic committee

Article L1233-57-18

…mmittees exercise the powers entrusted to the social and economic committee pursuant to Articles L. 1233-57-15 to L. 1233-57-17, L. 1233-57-19 and L. 1233-57-20, within the limits of the powers entrus…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 584

…s to the contested judgment, the third party opposition is admissible only if all these parties are called to the proceedings.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-5

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers is not the competent authority for monitoring compliance with the disclosure requirements laid down in Article L. 451-1-2 of this Code and Articles L. 233-7 t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 534

A person who legally represented a party may, in the event of termination of his functions and if he has a personal interest, exercise the recourse in his name. The appeal is equally open against him.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

Any person whose identity is entered in the file may ask the public prosecutor to rectify or order the deletion of information concerning him or her if the information is not accurate or if its retent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 572

The retail price of each product, expressed per 1,000 units or per 1,000 grams, is the same throughout France and is freely determined by manufacturers and approved suppliers. For each package, the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax system

Article 575

The weighted average retail selling price in mainland France of manufactured tobacco is calculated by product group according to the total value of all units released for consumption, based on the ret…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Hallmarks

Article 524

…in the form of a diamond containing an initial letter of his name and the symbol chosen by him. It may be engraved by such artist as he pleases to choose. The guarantee hallmark is affixed: a. Either…

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