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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Warranted drinks

Article 450

…he administration agents to grant only with their approval the documents mentioned in 4° of article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services allowing the movement of these beverages.If the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subrogated guardian

Article 410

The subrogated guardian supervises the exercise of the guardianship mission and represents the minor when the minor's interests are in opposition to those of the guardian. The subrogated guardian is i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subrogated guardian

Article 409

Guardianship includes a subrogated guardian appointed by the family council from among its members. If the guardian is a relative or ally of the minor in one branch, the subrogated guardian is chosen,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of carriers

Article 451

The beverages must be taken, to the declared destination, within the time limit stated on the consignment. This time limit is fixed in view of the distances to be covered and the means of transport. I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of carriers

Article 454

Any operation necessary for the preservation of the beverages (decanting, pouring or lowering) is permitted during transport, but only in the presence of the agents of the administration, who will not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-3-2

…ments of the Republic, with one or more States, territories or regional bodies mentioned in Article L. 4433-4-1. The President of the Regional Council submits this framework programme to the deliberat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4-1

Articles L. 210-10 to L. 210-12 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of 5° of Article L. 210-10, are applicable to mutual insurance companies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-4

…f this sub-section: 1° The supply and service contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4122-2-1 are defined in accordance with Articles L. 1111-1, L. 1111-3, L. 1111-4 and L. 1111-5 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-C

…identify, measure and manage the risks to which they are or could be exposed, as defined in Article L. 511-41-1 B. The AMF also assesses the resulting level of capital.The AMF monitors the use by cred…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

A person who, without being incapable of acting himself, needs, for one of the reasons provided for in Article 425, to be assisted or controlled in a continuous manner in the important acts of civil l…

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