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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2013

A trust contract is void if it proceeds from a liberal intention for the benefit of the beneficiary. This nullity is of public order.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 431-4

The granting of aid is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Art…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-4

An action brought in accordance with Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

…duction and stock declarations provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-4

…re than once a year, within the timeframes it determines, the information referred to in Part Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and to…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-4

Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office has exercised its jurisdiction, the competent Deputy European Public Prosecutor shall, as soon as possible, communicate to the customs administration all…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-4

…ion approved as an integration workshop and site sends the Agence de services et de paiement a copy of the agreement referred to in article D. 5135-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-42

Where it appears that the situation of a credit institution or finance company so warrants, the Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, shal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-4

The date on which a party's claims and arguments are duly submitted in writing is the date on which they are communicated between the parties.

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

Article 40-4

When the victim wishes to act as a civil party and requests the appointment of a lawyer after having been informed of this right pursuant to 3° of Article 10-2, the public prosecutor, notified by the…

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