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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65

…ies of letters, etc.) relating to the company's business activity, regardless of the medium used.5° During inspections and investigations carried out at the premises of the persons or companies referr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…ary to the provisions relating to the establishment of criminal liability for press offences in the loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presseet de la loi n° 82-652 du 29 juillet 1982 sur la c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R212-66

Approval may be withdrawn following an adversarial procedure in the event of a breach of the conditions required for its issue.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment.

Article R6152-610

Attached practitioners are recruited for a contract of a maximum duration of one year, renewable up to a total duration of twenty-four months. When, at the end of each contract, the employment relatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-604

Attached practitioners may carry out their duties concurrently in one or more structures of the same establishment or in different establishments.Practitioners attached on a full-time basis may work i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

…ecruited as attachés are classified at step 1. In the event that this classification results in a reduction in the amount of income previously received by the person concerned, he/she may benefit from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 638

In the absence of deeds, transfers of ownership or usufruct of immovable property, businesses, clienteles or offices and transfers of the right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 639

In the absence of deeds, transfers of shares, founders' shares and profit shares in companies whose corporate rights are not traded on a regulated financial instruments market within the meaning of Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 640

In the absence of deeds, transfers of enjoyment for life or for an unlimited period of real estate, business assets or customer lists must be declared within one month of the entry into enjoyment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

Given the requirements of the public education service, the weekly service of staff belonging to teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 2123…

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