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Showing 54615470 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liability of the owners of the goods.

Article 404

Owners of goods are civilly liable for the acts of their employees in respect of duties, confiscations, fines and costs.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Prosecution of offences.

Article 458

Infringements of the laws and regulations governing financial relations with foreign countries may only be prosecuted on the basis of a complaint by the Minister for the Economy and Finance or one of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Piquettes and sugar wines

Article 432

…ions of the Community regulations on the common organisation of the wine market, seized from the producer of these wines or the merchant, must be processed into alcohol after payment of their value or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax system

Article 402

Any mixture with ethyl alcohol of bodies belonging to the chemical family of alcohols or having an alcohol chemical function, likely to replace ethyl alcohol in any of its uses when this mixture is in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Piquettes and sugar wines

Article 431

The manufacture, circulation and possession of piquettes or sugar wines are prohibited.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Traffic

Article 466

…10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and are liable to the same duties as wines at the rate of one hectolitre of wine per 130 litres or 130 kilograms of grape harve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operating conditions.

Article L362-4

Transactions carried out in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 362-1 and L. 362-2 are not subject to the provisions of Titles II to V of this Book.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall speci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article R228-46

Shareholder representation at special meetings is governed by articles R. 225-79 to R. 225-82 and R. 22-10-24.However, the mandate provided for in article R. 225-79 may be given for all special meetin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-43

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, when the situation so warrants and under conditions laid down by decree, appoint an additional auditor to the undertakings mentioned in A of I…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for the award of specific contracts concluded on the basis of a dynamic purchasing system

Article R2162-49

…s set out in Articles R. 2144-8 and R. 2144-9. Where the system is subdivided into categories of products, services or works, the purchaser shall invite all candidates admitted for the category corres…

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