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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-5

…extend premises or groups of premises intended to receive, for the purposes of non-retail sales, products on the list defined by order of the supervisory ministers, with a sales area devoted to these…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-5

The duration of the period of Ineligibility referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of article L. 232-9-3 is two years. This period may be reduced by up to half, depending on the degr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-5

…for Sport is informed immediately of the decision of the French Anti-Doping Agency. The audit is conducted under conditions defined by the Agency. It gives rise to a provisional report on which the fe…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-5

…nt; 2° Cost tax orders. An order to pay costs, affixed to the judgment in accordance with article 105 of the local code of civil procedure, may be enforced by virtue of the enforceable copy of this ju…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2311-5

…on civil technical specifications; 4° National civil standards transposing international standards; 5° Other international civil standards; 6° Other technical reference systems drawn up by European st…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-53

…horities of the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which the person has duly established a branch, as well as the resolution authorities of these States.II - The collège de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-5

…ational qualification commission set up by order of the ministers responsible for veterans, higher education and health, persons who can prove that they have been regularly fitting hearing aids for at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L410-5

…year with the professional organisations of the retail trade sector and their suppliers, whether producers, wholesalers or importers, as well as with sea freight companies and forwarding agents an agr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-5

…the conditions under which the report is drawn up.An agreement that is not approved nevertheless produces its effects. The consequences detrimental to the legal entity resulting from such an agreement…

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