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Showing 921930 of 69357 articles for Art. 4°-a and 4°-c

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Joint and several liability of guarantors.

Article 405

Guarantors are obliged, in the same way as the principal debtors, to pay the duties and taxes, financial penalties and other sums owed by the debtors whom they have guaranteed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 483

An executed mandate terminates by:1° The restoration of the personal faculties of the person concerned established at the request of the principal or the agent, in the forms provided for in article 48…

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

Article 460

1. A tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee is set up to issue an opinion on the transactions referred to in Article 350 a of this Code.2. This committee is made up, under the chairman…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 485

The judge who terminates the mandate may open a legal protection measure under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in sections 1 to 4 of this chapter. Where the implementati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario (Commission for scriptwriting and rewriting grants)

Article 212-49

…s à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario is made up of seventeen members, including a chairman and two vice-chairmen, appointed for a renewable term of one year from 1st September each year.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control of foreign trade and financial relations.

Article 42

In addition to the obligations set out in this Code, importers and exporters must comply with foreign trade control regulations and legislation relating to foreign financial relations.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-4

…This decision is notified to the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Federation concerned and the athlete's National Anti-Doping Organisation, who are informed of the reasons for the decisio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L613-40-2

The resolution college shall notify the supervisory college and, where applicable, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned of the plans it has drawn up or updated pursuant to Articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-4

…tment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget issued after consultation with the Local Finance Committee.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Chairman

Article LO6432-4-1

The office of President of the Territorial Council is incompatible with the office of member of an independent administrative authority or an independent public authority created by the State.

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