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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 01: Consignment duty.

Article 322 bis

Customs officers may detain the goods referred to inarticle 38 (4) and (5) above, or goods likely to belong to one of the categories of goods listed in these same provisions, and possibly the vehicles…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-6

…be granted; 2° The presumed nature, date and place of the offence that he or she is suspected of having committed or attempted to commit, and the reasons justifying his or her placement in customs de…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-8

…t is drawn up in accordance with Article 64 I of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of the same article 64 shall also appear in a special registe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-32

…ainland France and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within twenty days or seventy days, depending on whether the place of issue is in or outside Europe. For the purposes of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-32

The amount of the charges following a reimbursement shall be proportionate and related to the costs actually incurred by the electronic money issuer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-32

Under a repurchase agreement, the seller retains the securities sold under a repurchase agreement as an asset on its balance sheet and records the amount of its debt to the buyer as a liability on its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-32

Local investment funds may not benefit from the provisions of article L. 214-24-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-32

…case of capitalisation contracts, partial redemptions do not result in the closure of the equity savings plan.II. - Before the end of the fifth year, any withdrawal of sums or securities from the pla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to the opening of a securities account

Article L224-32

The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to the opening of a securities account is opened through a service provider authorised to provide the investment advice referred to in point 5 of art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-32

Successive holders of securities created by a credit institution or finance company pursuant to Articles L. 313-30 and L. 313-31 benefit from the rights provided for in respect of endorsement by Artic…

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