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

Article 59 duodecies

Officials of the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxation, officials of the Directorate-General for Public Finance and officials of the Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control Dep…

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

Article 59 quinquies

The services and establishments of the State and other public authorities are required to communicate to the agents of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise all information and documents in th…

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

Article 59 octies

Customs officers and officers of the Directorate-General for Risk Prevention and its decentralised departments are authorised, for the purposes of their duties to monitor waste treatment conditions an…

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

Article 59 sexdecies

The officials responsible for the inspections referred to in II of Article 32 of Law No. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-59

…mpany is notified of the provisional approval decision or the decision to refuse provisional approval. The provisional approval decision mentions the date of receipt of the application by the Centre n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-59

Sums invested in the production and preparation of feature films are repaid in the following cases:1° When investment approval has been granted but production approval is not requested within the dead…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 5: Special provisions for the seizure of standing crops

Article R221-59

The crops are placed under the responsibility of the debtor as custodian. However, at the request of the distraining creditor, the execution judge may appoint a manager to the farm, with the debtor be…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-59

In addition to the information required for all judgements, the adjudication judgement refers to the orientation judgement, the judgements ruling on disputes and the conditions of sale. It designates…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Electronic auctions

Article R2162-59

The documents for the electronic auction consultation shall include the following information:1° The elements of the bids to which the auction relates;2° Where appropriate, the minimum and maximum val…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590-1

…dged his statement of case within the time limit provided for in Article 584 shall forfeit his appeal. The same applies, unless an exemption is granted by the President of the Criminal Division, to an…

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