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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

…13 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicable to the customs debt defined in Articles 5(18), (20) and (21) of that Regulation, shall be extended to five years in the cases provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies C

…to in the first paragraph is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Priority question of constitutionality

Article R*532-65

…the priority question of constitutionality, in the manner laid down by Articles R. 532-16 to R. 532-18.The notification of a referral decision states that observations may be submitted to the Council…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee

Article L754-7

…the table above, in the first paragraph of II of article L. 313-50, the reference to article L. 312-18 is deleted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-19

…cial and Economic Committee under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 2312-18. In the event that all or some of the differences in representation cannot be calculated, the tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 13: Judgment adopting the plan.

Article R631-35

The articles R. 626-17 to R. 626-51, excluding article R. 626-18, the second and third paragraphs of article R. 626-20, and of article R. 626-22, are applicable to the receivership proceedings. The co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.

Article R642-22

The official receiver who orders, pursuant to Article L. 642-18, the sale of immovable property by judicial or amicable auction determines: 1° The starting price for each of the assets to be sold and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D3221-2

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 18° of Article L. 3211-2 of this Code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals sent by the public accountant relating to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R7124-38

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 4153-7, L. 7124-1 to L. 7124-11, L. 7124-13 to L. 7124-18 and L. 7124-21 as well as articles R. 7124-3, R. 7124-10, R. 7124-26, R. 7124-31 and R. 7124-34 co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-4

…mporary basis, in the absence of available paediatric critical care beds, patients under the age of 18 may be treated in adult critical care on site or by agreement with a holder of the authorisation…

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