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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 283

The President, if the investigation appears to him to be incomplete or if new information has come to light since its closure, may order any acts of information that he deems useful. This is done eith…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition, assimilation and classification.

Article 28

…inance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomenclature for customs clearance of products to declare the type of goods. This nomenclature is published by order of the Minister for the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 287

…zone is established by a decree issued by the Council of State, which determines the operating procedures and boundaries of the zone and specifies the operations that will be authorised therein. 2. Th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 289

…e;3° Processing, working or additional labour, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down for inward processing;4° Disposal or release for consumption, in accordance with the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285

…he case of imports of a non-commercial nature, the customs administration may levy flat-rate import duties other than value added tax and internal taxes on goods sent in small consignments to private…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 286

…pose of treating goods therein as not being in the customs territory for the application of customs duties and taxes to which they are liable on importation, as well as quantitative restrictions.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 288

…ction of national treasures of artistic, historical or archaeological value, or the protection of industrial and commercial property. 3. Access to free zones may be restricted by decree to certain goo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286

…end of each day when they are less than €76 for retail sales and services rendered to private individuals. The amount of transactions entered in the book is totalled at the end of the month.The book p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-28

In the event of the death of the mother during the period of compensation defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code, the father may suspend his employment contract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-28

An employer who is planning to make at least ten employees redundant for economic reasons within a thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in accordance with the…

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