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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: General and compulsory formalities on pain of nullity of seizure reports.

Article 324

1. (a) As far as circumstances permit, seized goods and means of transport shall be taken to and deposited at the Customs office or post nearest to the place of seizure. Where there are several Custom…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation body

Article L424-2

Injured parties may submit a claim to the compensation body:a) If, within a period of three months from the date on which the injured party submitted a claim for compensation to the insurer of the veh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-11

Any person governed by public or private law may, on the expiry of a period of three years after the grant of a patent, or of four years from the date of filing of the application, obtain a compulsory…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-38

I. - The bearer may exercise his remedies against the endorsers, the drawer and the other obligees:1° On maturity, if payment has not taken place;2° Even before maturity:a) If there has been a total o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the additional annual remuneration due to performers

Article R327-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 212-3-3 if it: 1° Provides proof, through the composition of its deliberative and governing bodie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

The municipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolis may, by a deliberation taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee

Article R1221-24

The term of office of the members of the Steering Committee is three years, renewable. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 1221-2 as well as the provisions of article R. 12…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules applicable to the dissemination of advertisements.

Article L8221-7

Any person who publishes, disseminates or causes to be disseminated by any means an offer of service or sale or an advertisement intended to make his professional activity known to the public must: 1°…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-8

The premises to which workers normally have access are served by clearances, the number and width of which are specified in the following table: WORKFORCENUMBERof exitsTOTAL NUMBERof passage unitsLess…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2-3

The medical radiology technician is authorised to participate, under the responsibility and in the presence of the doctor mentioned in article R. 4351-1, and, where appropriate, a medical physicist, i…

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