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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379

1. For the recovery of taxes of all kinds and assimilated taxes, confiscations, fines and restitutions provided for in this code, public accountants benefit from the Treasury's lien provided for in ar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 381

1. Any natural or legal person who has paid, on behalf of a third party, duties, fines or taxes of any kind for which the Customs are responsible for recovery, shall be subrogated to the Customs' lien…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 303

…he start of the manufacture or trade, to make a declaration of his profession to the administration and to designate the number, nature and capacity of the apparatus or portions of apparatus that he h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 304

…ter which may be required to be produced by the administration's agents, his successive productions and acceptances, as well as the names and residences of the persons to whom he has delivered, in wha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-3

…ee of the request for disclosure of information made in accordance with Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 has not provided such information within the time limits set pursuant to the same Articles L. 22…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article D6323-3-3

…ing account of the employee benefiting from the employment obligation mentioned in article L. 5212-13 is topped up annually by 300 euros in respect of the increase provided for in the third paragraph…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L220-3

Anyone who knowingly contravenes the provisions of article L. 220-1 will be punished by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros, or one of these two penalties only. As soon as the lack of i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…ild takes the surname of whichever of his parents his filiation is first established in respect of, and his father's surname if his filiation is established simultaneously in respect of both. In the e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…parent, the child takes that parent's name.When the second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the parents may, by joint declaration before the civil registr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24

The option of choice available under articles 311-21 and 311-23 may be exercised only once.

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