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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 415-1

…rposes of Article 415, the funds or digital assets referred to inArticle L. 54-10-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code are presumed to be the direct or indirect proceeds of one of the offences referre…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III-1: Sale of buildings to be constructed.

Article 1601-4

…itutes the assignee in the purchaser's obligations to the seller. If the sale was accompanied by a mandate, this continues between the seller and the assignee. These provisions apply to any transfer i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44-1

The certificate of conformity provided for in Article L. 752-23 for the projects mentioned in article R. 752-44 :1° For projects not requiring planning permission:a) The commercial operating authorisa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1144-4

…alimony or compensatory allowance in the form of a life annuity sets out the collection procedures and the rules for revising the claim, as well as the criminal penalties incurred in the event of def…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Examination of the application

Article 1220-4

The judge shall, if he considers it appropriate, hear the persons listed in articles 430,494-1 and 494-10 du code civil. This hearing is a matter of right when it is requested by a person applying for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-4

When the examining magistrate receives a request from the public prosecutor to remand the person in custody, and considers that this detention is not justified, and decides not to transfer the case fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Internal redeployment measures.

Article L1233-45-1

…ith fifty or more employees, the employer may, after receiving the favourable opinion of the Social and Economic Committee, propose internal redeployment measures before the expiry of the period menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-4

…velopes used to cast the vote are counted before the count provided for in article D. 4233-15-3, as and when they are received, in the electoral register referred to in article D. 4233-12.This enrolme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approvals

Article D4622-49-1

I.-For inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the national specifications for approval include the following criteria: 1° With regard to the governance and management of occupation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-404-1

…ng that, the head of the department, the head of the functional unit or another internal structure, and after obtaining the opinion of the chairman of the establishment's medical committee, between th…

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