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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1776

As regards the offences referred to in articles 1771 to 1775, the court will order, at the request of the administration, that the judgment be published in full or in extracts in the Journal officiel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798

…punishable, at the request of the administration, by the tax penalties provided for in I of article 1791. Whoever makes it impossible for the officers authorised to ascertain the said offences to carr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Import

Article 1790

Penalties relating to offences committed in respect of taxes collected and controlled under the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as customs duti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-5

…dministrative and technical commission of the fire and rescue services provided for in Article L. 1424-31;4° The president of the departmental firefighters' union;5° The gender diversity and anti-disc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-20

A person belonging to the French cultural and linguistic entity may be naturalised without having to satisfy a qualifying period, if they are a national of a territory or State whose official language…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-21

The order of the liberty and custody judge may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate within five days of its notification. The First President of the Court of Appea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-24-1

I. - When an eligible financial security or money market instrument referred to in article L. 214-24-55 includes a financial contract that simultaneously meets the three conditions mentioned below, th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee

Article 211-94

…ies;4° Two representatives of distribution companies;5° Two representatives of technical industries;6° One representative of production managers;7° One representative of cinematographers;8° Two repres…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-21

The debtor's property rendered unavailable by enforcement proceedings may be sold by mutual agreement by the liquidator, with the authorisation of the protection litigation judge, ruling by order, who…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-21

…all within the remit of the Territorial Council. However, the latter, within the limits it has set, may delegate to its President the power to take such decisions.

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