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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 258

…the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique;c) Between ports in the departments of Mayotte and La Réunion. 2° The administrative authority may reserve, under conditions laid down by d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

I.-Companies subject ipso jure or by option to an actual taxation system may, under the conditions provided for in this article, subject to separate taxation at the rate provided for in the second par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R7227-28

…and executive councillors with disabilities referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 7227-23 and covered by the provisions of Articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code or who may c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1685

The rules explained in the previous section for cases where several have sold jointly or separately, and for that where the seller or buyer has left several heirs, are similarly observed for the exerc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation to practise for holders of evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor obtained in the province of Quebec

Article D4111-23

The Conseil national de l'ordre or the conseil départemental will acknowledge receipt of the application within one month of its receipt. During this month, it will inform the interested party of any…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Retention of records and documents

Article R518-28

…ignations, wherever and in whatever form these deposits are established. Notwithstandingarticle R. 212-1 of the French Heritage Code, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations archive department is respo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…al arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Convention of 10 March 1995 on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union, it shall b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Carrying out an activity in the public interest.

Article R5425-19

An unemployed worker receiving replacement income may carry out tasks of general interest as provided for in article L. 5425-9 for a maximum of fifty hours per month if the tasks in question give rise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission

Article R752-19

…y registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or, in the case provided for in Article R. 752-8, by e-mail;2° Published in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs.Within the same timef…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2528

Rights subject to registration pursuant to article 2521 are, if they have not been registered, unenforceable against third parties who, on the same immovable, have acquired, from the same author, comp…

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