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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

…s must be covered by an acquit-à-caution.2. The acquit-à-caution shall include, in addition to the detailed declaration of the goods, the lodging of a good and solvent guarantee in respect of the non-…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1294

…tract has been signed by the spouses, the operative part of the judgment is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the notary holding the original copy of the contract. The n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-9

…tion or at the request of a party, decides that it shall be notified by the registry by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by administrative channels, in the event of serious and im…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Capping of certain income tax benefits

Article 200-0 A

…than an amount of €10,000.The total of the advantages mentioned in the first paragraph of this 1, retained within the limit of €10,000, increased by the amount of those mentioned in Articles 199 unde…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting the payment deadline

Article R2192-11

By way of derogation from article R. 2192-10, the payment period is set at:1° Fifty days for public health establishments and establishments of the armed forces health service;2° Sixty days for public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-18

…cipality in which the organisation to which the employer has elected domicile under the conditions set out in article L. 264-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.

Article R131-12

…o insufficient funds includes the following information for each incident: 1° The account number, whether it is an individual account or a collective account, and information enabling the precise iden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-18

…f the General Tax Code who make the first sale in France of medical devices defined in Article L. 5211-1 of this Code and in vitro diagnostic medical devices defined in Article L. 5221-1 sociale send…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-2

Mediators are set up in order to promote, without prejudice to the right of the parties to take legal action, the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of the authorisation for simultaneous,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R782-11

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 613-10 to R. 613-12no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-13no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 Ju…

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