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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Smuggling.

Article 418

Goods in the category of those prohibited from entry or subject to internal consumption taxes are deemed to have been smuggled in and goods in the category of those prohibited from exit are deemed to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Production

Article 416

The designation of "vin doux naturel" is reserved for wines whose production is traditional and customary:Vinified directly by the harvesting producers and made exclusively from their harvests of musc…

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

Article 41-3

The penal composition procedure is also applicable to contraventions. The duration of the deprivation of the driving licence or hunting licence may not exceed three months, the duration of unpaid work…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-2 du code de la consommation

A.-Inserted in the general terms and conditions of sale of goods (excluding pets) The consumer has a period of two years from delivery of the goods to obtain the implementation of the legal guarantee…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-3 du code de la consommation

The consumer has a period of two years from the date of supply of the digital content or digital service to obtain the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearanc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-4 du code de la consommation

The general terms and conditions contain a box including the following information, with the "X" replaced by the contractual period(s) for the supply of digital content and digital services that are o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other missions.

Article R1142-41

For the application of articles R. 1142-38 to R. 1142-40, the Commission may ask the commissions mentioned in article L. 1142-5 and the Office for any information relating to their operation and activ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-41

In the event of a refusal to pay, on the request made pursuant to Article L. 131-40, the owner of the lost cheque retains all his rights by means of a protest deed. This protest must be made no later…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-41

The Autorité nationale des jeux defines the nomenclature of competitions that may be used to organise sports betting online and in physical distribution networks, which must be used to submit the info…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-41

Contracts or bills representing advances must refer to articles L. 313-36 to L. 313-41 , as must mortgage-backed securities, failing which the bearer will be deprived of the right referred to in artic…

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