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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 62

I.-For the purposes of applying this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the EU and repealing Regul…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

…broad; -Ecoles normales supérieures; -Experimental establishments created on the basis of order no. 2018 1131 of 12 December 2018 relating to the experimentation of new forms of bringing together, gro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-3

…evenue is affected, respectively, by a coefficient of 43.44%, 55.45%, 79.82% and 81.58%.III. - In 2019, the amount of the flat-rate allocation for the Department of Mayotte is reduced pursuant to IX o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account

Article L6323-11

…the personal account of each employee concerned. Every three years from the promulgation of Law no. 2018-771 of 5 September 2018 for the freedom to choose one's professional future, on the basis of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations.

Article R152-6

I.-The declaration provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and the dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operating credit

Article L313-12

All open-ended loans, other than occasional loans, granted by a credit institution or finance company to a company may only be reduced or interrupted following written notification and the expiry of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-8

The dissolution of the company entails its liquidation, except in the cases provided for in Article 1844-4 and in the third paragraph of Article 1844-5. It only has effect with regard to third parties…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-51

Full members of staff and non-full members of staff who have completed at least twelve months' service under contracts signed during the last two years on the date of the ballot and who are working in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-1

…have a specific status, provided for in particular by this title and by law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, which takes particular account…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

Research involving the following products is subject to express authorisation from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Organs and tissue…

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