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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…operty; 3° Offences relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Union; 3° bis Offences provided for in 5° of the Article 313-2 of the Criminal Code; 4° The offences provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-11

…rised natural or legal person who carried out the analysis. II. II.-The data mentioned in 1° and 1° bis of the I of Article R. 53-10 shall also be accompanied by: 1° Information relating to the seal o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-3

…er in a single document or in a package formed by a framework contract and application contracts. I bis.-The reciprocal logistical obligations to which the supplier and the distributor or service prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater E

I.-Par délibération prise dans les conditions prévues au VI de l'article 1639 A bis, les organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6214-4

…set out in the previous two paragraphs are deemed to have their tax domicile in mainland France;1° bisIndividuals or legal entities that have their tax domicile in a department of mainland France or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 310-3

…otoriety certificate establishing possession of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter III of this Title, parentage is proved and contested by any means, subject to the admissibility of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-3-1

…ed subsequently or, in the absence of agreement, until the application of the provisions of Chapter III of this Title.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-1

The provisions of Chapter II of Title I of Book III of Part One of this Code are applicable to the detection of breaches of Articles L. 3111-4 and L. 3114-1 to L. 3114-6 or the regulations made for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: MUNICIPALITIES IN THE ILE-DE-FRANCE REGION

Article L2531-1

The provisions of Book VI of Part One and those of Book III of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 2333-64 to L. 2333-75, are applicable to the municipalities of the Ile-de-France region subj…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contraceptives.

Article L5434-2

…eptives mentioned in article L. 5134-1 in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of II and III of the said article and of 1° of article L. 5134-3 is punishable by six months' imprisonment and…

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