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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-17

Member States shall recognise a European Investigation Order without any formality and shall execute it in the same way and according to the same procedures as if the request had come from a national…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-4

With the exception of Article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section X: Stamping machines

Article 633

…tax matters, payment is evidenced by the affixing of stamps, vignettes or marks, the administration may authorise taxpayers to replace these figurines with imprints printed using special machines subj…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-12

…lates according to its nature or purpose ;the validity of the claim under the conditions set out in 4°;the payment in full discharge of liabilities;3° With regard to assets, the control:of the conserv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630

…the resignation occurs during one of the contracts mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 6152-610, the notice period is one month for contracts of less than six months and two months for co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-631

…tle only after two consecutive years of service as an attached practitioner. Attached practitioners may claim the title of consultant attached practitioner from the eighth year of consecutive service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-629

…rmanent contract is declared definitively unfit by the medical committee provided for in article R. 6152-36, he is dismissed. Any outstanding annual leave shall be adjusted. An associate practitioner…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

Financial aid may be granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to support actions or projects of general or collective interest, or the overall activity of public or private bodies…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Use and habitation

Article 626

It cannot be enjoyed, as in the case of usufruct, without first giving security and making statements and inventories.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article R3513-6

I.-The notification file referred to in Article L. 3513-10 shall contain, depending on whether it concerns an electronic vaping device or a refill bottle, the following information:1° The name and con…

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