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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of protection zones.

Article D3335-1

…ns laid down in this section. These zones may be different from those he determines pursuant to the last paragraph of article L. 3335-1.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-19-1

The written test of the examination with option in civil matters, lasting five hours, has as its object the processing of a file relating to one of the missions likely to be entrusted to a judicial ad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a preliminary question being referred by the industrial tribunal

Article R7342-18

…ure. The parties are not required to constitute a lawyer. The judgment is rendered in the first and last instance. The time limit for appealing to the Supreme Court is fifteen days from notification o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Consultation.

Article 260

…record may, however, be replaced by a mention in the judgment if the case is immediately decided at last instance. If the consultation is in writing, it is submitted to the court registry. The documen…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Sale of goods in storage.

Article 187

1. Goods shall be sold by the Customs Administration to the highest and last bidder. 2. The goods are sold free of all duties and taxes levied by the customs authorities, with the right for the succes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-29

…rred after five years from the date on which the holder of a right knew or should have known of the last fact enabling him to exercise it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-2

…pplicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the offences provided for in the last paragraph of articles L. 241-3 and L. 242-6 of the French Commercial Code.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 759

…ermined by the average price on the day of the transfer or, for inheritances, by the average of the last thirty prices preceding the transfer.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Civil status records

Article 1055-3

Claims made pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 57 and the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code obey the rules of ordinary written procedure applicable before the ju…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2474

…of the mortgage subject to the same reservation;3° By purge;4° By the termination permitted in the last paragraph of Article 2417 and to the extent provided for by that text.

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