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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of production accounts

Article L213-27

…The purpose of this audit is to check the regularity and accuracy of the account.The line producer must provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or the independent expert with all th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfers of goods

Article L1424-19

…terms of the transfer of ownership.This transfer does not give rise to the collection of any duty, tax or fee.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R612-8

…33-2, the reference to the property security contribution provided for inarticle 879 of the General Tax Code is replaced by the reference to the registration fees provided for inarticle 89 of decree n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Verification and recovery of costs.

Article 714

Any interested party may appeal to the first president of the court of appeal against a tax order issued by the president of a court of first instance. The time limit for appeal is one month: it is no…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contracts for the purchase of one or more existing artistic works

Article R2172-15

…gs is awarded to one or more living artists after obtaining the opinion of the project manager, the user of the work and the regional director of cultural affairs when it involves the purchase of one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police missions

Article R15-33-7

Customs officers may only be authorised to carry out judicial police missions when they are assigned to the financial judicial investigation department of the Ministry of the Budget.For each of these…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…e councils of the communes, the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status, the départements, the regions and the territorial authorities of French Guiana and Marti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-6

…ssize Court, the Public Prosecutor or the Attorney General who intends to order the handover to the Estates Department or to the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules.

Article 382

1. Customs judgements and rulings may be enforced by any legal means. 2. Articles 749 to 762 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are also applicable to fines and value confiscation ordered for customs o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1007

…report and a figurative copy of the will to the clerk of the judicial court of the place where the estate is opened, who will acknowledge receipt of these documents and keep them in his minutes. With…

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