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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 458

What is prescribed by articles 447,451,454, as regards the mention of the names of judges, 455 (paragraph 1) and 456 (paragraphs 1 and 2) must be observed on pain of nullity. However, no nullity may s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 479

Where the mandate extends to the protection of the person, the rights and obligations of the mandatary are defined by the articles 457-1 to 459-2. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of customs offices.

Article 49

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise set the opening and closing hours of customs offices. 2. However, customs offices may not be open for less than eight hours from 1st Apri…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 464

Carriage by bearer and shipments without the intervention of a bearer of cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on co…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 463

1. The committee provided for in article 460 above may be consulted by the Minister for the Budget on any general or specific question relating to tax, customs and foreign exchange disputes. 2. It may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-49

The employees mentioned in 1° to 4° and 9° to 11° of Article L. 5212-13 benefit, at their request, under the appropriate measures provided for in Article L. 5213-6, from individualised timetable adjus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-48

The employer may, at the request of certain employees, set up a system of individualised working hours allowing hours to be carried over from one week to another, within the limits and according to th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union

Article R421-44

The foreign national must notify the competent administrative authority of any change to the documents justifying the issue of a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "ICT seconded employee"…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union

Article R421-45

In the event of withdrawal of the multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "ICT seconded employee" provided for in Article L. 421-26, the minister responsible for immigration shall immediatel…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union

Article R421-42

When a foreign national applying for a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT" (ICT seconded employee) as provided for in article L. 421-26, resides outside France, the d…

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