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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 183

…to the person concerned. Any notification of a document to a party by registered letter sent to the last address declared by the interested party shall be deemed to have been made to his person. The o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 197

…civil party or to the applicant mentioned in the fifth paragraph of Article 99 shall be made to the last address declared as long as the investigating judge has not closed his investigation. A minimum…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

…ment applies from the first day of the month following the month in which the tax was due until the last day of the month in which payment was made. The rate is 0.20% per month.Interest for late payme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-1

…le, the court shall award him compensation, payable by the employer, which may not be less than the last six months' salary. The nullities mentioned in the first paragraph are those relating to : 1° V…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-16

…el of experts, with a view to making full reparation for the damage suffered. The third, fourth and last paragraphs of article L. 1142-15, the second to fourth and penultimate paragraphs of article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-4

…t out in I of article L. 511-22 of the same code. III - The agents mentioned in 1° to 6° and in the last paragraph of I of article L. 205-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are authorised to inv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

In the situations provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article L. 321-1, in Article L. 321-1-1 or in Article L. 321-11-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may set up a collab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-13

…entiel et de résolution resulting in the dissolution of an undertaking referred to in 1° and in the last paragraph of Article L. 310-1, the contracts taken out by the undertaking shall continue to be…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…ary 2018. Where a municipality is classified on more than one basis, the date of publication of the last classification is taken into account. By way of exception to 2° and 3° of this article, and pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-11

…mpanies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the report mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 225-37 state and, where applicable, explain the following items where t…

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