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Showing 38613870 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Transit.

Article 127

1. Transit shipments are carried out under the conditions set out in articles 120 to 124 above. The Director General of Customs and Excise may authorise, by way of derogation from the provisions of 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R322

Article R. 120-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 120-1.-It is allocated to each expert, for a complete mechanical expertise relating to one or more motor vehicles, following a traffic accident, excludi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-38

…the lawyer he has freely chosen and the agreement entered into with him under the article 10 of loi n° 71-1130 du 31 décembre 1971 portant réforme de certaines professions judiciaires et juridiques.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-122

If leave is waived, the employee's paid leave carried over in application of article L. 3142-120 is added to the annual paid leave. This deferred paid leave is added to the annual paid leave each year…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…1, L. 132-17-8 and L. 132-17-9 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1901 of 30 December 2021 aimed at strengthening the book economy and reinforcing fairness and confidence bet…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-14

…panies Register shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 15 of Decree n°84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the Trade and Companies Register. Notwithstanding articles 22, 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Global operating grant and other grants

Article R1613-2

…uivalent number of local authority civil servants made available under article 100 of law no. 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatifs à la fonction publique territoriale wit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Sharing

Article 749 A

Sont exonérés du droit d'enregistrement ou de la taxe de publicité foncière prévus à Article 746 shares of built-up property, groups of built-up properties or property complexes subject to the loi n°…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-3

I.-The production fee provided for in I of article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article D351-1

…ns prévues à l'article D. 351-2, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICL…

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