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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A

…eable at the time when the goods are deemed to be imported, within the meaning of 2 of I of Article 291.The import declaration means the customs declaration, within the meaning of Article 5(12) of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30

In the event of the opening of safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation proceedings in respect of a credit institution or an investment firm, the guarantee fund and the depositors are exempt from the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-30

A copy of the licence application is notified by the Minister responsible for industrial property to the owner of the patent and, where applicable, to the licensees of the said patent. The latter shal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-21

In the event that the borrower or his heirs dispose of the property, the mortgagee is notified of the proposed assignment.In the event that the mortgagee disputes the value of the property set out in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-21

…of the département in which the foreign national is domiciled within the meaning of article L. 551-7 or, in Paris, by the police prefect. Failing this, the permit is issued by the prefect of the depa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-7

…o the category of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of article 51 of law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on the modernisation of the economy, when it wishes to sell a holding represe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-30

When corrective measures are taken under articles R. 1321-27, R. 1321-28 and R. 1321-29, consumers are informed immediately by the person responsible for water production or distribution.In the cases…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-29

…ted. The chairman is elected until the renewal of the representatives of the groups of communes and mayors following the general renewal of the municipal councils. However, a new election is held in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-30

…is the head office of the regional emergency medical service (SAMU) referred to in article R. 3131-7, known as the "zonal medico-psychological emergency unit", is responsible for coordinating the mob…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-30

The application for provisional approval is submitted by the video game creation company. If the video game is created jointly, it is the responsibility of each game creation company to submit an appl…

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