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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Shipment and conduct abroad of goods intended for export.

Article 115

…port area pending their loading on board or their carriage abroad. 4. The provisions of articles 82 bis 2-3, 82 quater 1, 82 quinquies and 82 sexies above, relating to customs clearance warehouses and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1447

…The business property tax is not payable by the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of 1 bis of Article 206 which meet the three conditions set by that same paragraph. III. - The persons an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-13

Chapters I bis, II, III and IV of Title III of Book I of this Part, in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-453 of 16 April 2021 postponing the end of the application of Decree no. 2020-610 of 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1-1

In the cases provided for in article 395, if there are sufficient charges against the person to bring him before the criminal court, but the case is not ready to be tried under the immediate appearanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-11

I.-Health establishments authorised for interventional medicine, surgery or radiology and holders of authorisations for medical care and rehabilitation or home hospitalisation, applying systemic cance…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1

Where the purpose of a publishing contract is to publish a book in both printed and digital form, the conditions relating to the transfer of exploitation rights in digital form shall be set out in a s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-15-1

At the end of the training period, the trainee appears before a committee responsible for validating the experience gained. With the exception of the persons mentioned in article R. 742-3, the trainee…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3-1

Effective technical measures within the meaning of Article L. 331-5 which are capable of preventing or limiting the uses of a database that the producer has not authorised pursuant to Article L. 342-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-2

In the context of the ballot referred to in articles L. 2122-10-1 and L. 2122-6, the candidate employee trade union organisations referred to in article L. 2122-10-6 may indicate on their electoral pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-3

Commission members are appointed for four years. They may be reappointed.

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