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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Solidarity.

Article 407

The owners of the fraudulent goods, those responsible for importing or exporting them, those involved in the fraud, accomplices and adherents are all jointly and severally liable for payment of the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-28

The National Council may, at any time, declare a procedure to be discontinued. When it declares a procedure to be discontinued, the National Council shall as soon as possible communicate the reasons f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Private agreements

Article 493

The mandate is limited, as regards the management of assets, to acts that a guardian may perform without authorisation. If the performance of an act that is subject to authorisation or that is not pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-4

Where the coordinator of a financial conglomerate is an authority of another Member State or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it shall carry out the tasks defined in Article L. 63…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Human body products not subject to the provisions of this Title.

Article R1211-49

…s of the human body are not subject to the provisions of this Title: 1° Hair ; 2° Nails ; 3° hair ; 4° Teeth.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 405

The family council may, in consideration of the minor's situation, the abilities of the persons concerned and the extent of the assets to be administered, appoint several tutors to jointly exercise th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 442-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 401, the public prosecutor and the parties' lawyers may put questions directly to the accused, the civil party, the witnesses and any persons called to the stand,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The subject matter of the dispute.

Article 4

The subject matter of the dispute is determined by the respective claims of the parties. These claims are set out in the document instituting the proceedings and in the pleadings in defence. However,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section III: Orders on request.

Article 494

The application must be submitted in duplicate. It must state the reasons on which it is based. It must include a precise indication of the documents relied on. If it is presented in the course of pro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 475

The judge may not rule before the expiry of the longest time limit for appearance, on first or second summons. He shall rule in respect of all the defendants in a single judgment, unless the circumsta…

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