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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-13

I. - When goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication are detained after a request referred to in Article L. 722-9 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a geographical indicatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-13

…hholding period referred to in Article L. 335-10 and in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 335-12, the owner of the copyright or related right may, at his request or at the request of the customs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-13

…espect of variable capital life assurance or capitalisation contracts, in which the sum insured is determined by reference to a reference value, are estimated separately and entered in the balance she…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-13

…ulation and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of more than 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 is biological treatment with secondary…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 D

…eclaration is submitted after the deadline, the exemption applies for the period remaining after 31 December of the year in which it was submitted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-13

…educted from the capital. The late payment surcharges provided for inarticle 3 of law no. 75-619 of 11 July 1975 relating to the legal interest rate cease to apply to the sums withheld from the day on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-13

…places where this is possible, by an authorised health professional in accordance with procedures determined with the biologist in charge of the laboratory referred to in article L. 6211-11.The categ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The creditor's formal notice

Article 1345-1

…the debtor may, where the obligation relates to a sum of money, consign it to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations or, where the obligation relates to the delivery of an item, sequester it with a pr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-131

After passing one or more selection tests, the training leading to the common part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés in the form of continuous assessment of knowledge takes place…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I, II and IV

Article 1378 sexies

The cooperative building societies designated in Article L. 432-2 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation, whose members are subject to the provisions of

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