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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 259

…the Agreement on the European Economic Area and flying the flag of that same State, the Government may suspend the application of article 257 by decree deliberated in the Council of Ministers after c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-6

Pursuant to the third paragraph of I of Article L. 1124-1, the personal data protection committees carry out the assessment of Part II provided for in Article 7 of the above-mentioned Regulation of 16…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision of socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-62

The president of the national court for secure detention, the director of prison administration from the Ministry of Justice and the director general of healthcare provision from the Ministry of Healt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25, the categories of legal persons who finance or invest, directly or indirectly, in companies, or provide services for the benefit of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article L4002-6

…fit from automatic recognition of their professional qualifications within the meaning of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-17

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, enforcement of a freezing order shall be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If immunity prevents it or if the property or evidence is unse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258

…de on board a ship, aircraft or train.II. - The place of the operations referred to in I of Article 257 and in 5° bis of l'article 260 is located in France when they relate to buildings located in Fra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees and representation in outside bodies

Article L7222-25

The Martinique Assembly appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies, taking into account the pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-25

…as soon as the declaration complies with the deadline set by the order referred to in Article R. 7343-23. If the applicant organisation does not meet the conditions laid down in Article L. 7343-6, th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-6

…e insurance or capitalisation contracts where rights are expressed in units of account mentioned in 6° or 7° of article R. 131-1, the sum paid according to the contractual provisions is equal to the f…

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