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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 499

…t is rendered by default or by iterative default, the time limit for appeal only runs from the service of the judgment, regardless of the method of service..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Product definition

Article 434

It is forbidden to manufacture, dispatch, sell, offer for sale or hold with a view to sale, under the name of wine, cider, perry or mead, products that do not meet the definition given, for wine, by C…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Production

Article 416

…ed for wines whose production is traditional and customary:Vinified directly by the harvesting producers and made exclusively from their harvests of muscat, grenache, macabéo or malvoisie; however, ha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Piquettes and sugar wines

Article 432

…ns of the Community regulations on the common organisation of the wine market, seized from the producer of these wines or the merchant, must be processed into alcohol after payment of their value or d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax system

Article 402

…belonging to the chemical family of alcohols or having an alcohol chemical function, likely to replace ethyl alcohol in any of its uses when this mixture is intended for human consumption or presents…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Piquettes and sugar wines

Article 428

1° (Repealed) 2° The product of the fermentation of fresh grape marc with water and sugar is considered to be sugar wine.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Piquettes and sugar wines

Article 431

The manufacture, circulation and possession of piquettes or sugar wines are prohibited.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-4

…out in Articles L. 533-25 and L. 533-26, as well as the conditions under which the investment service provider other than a portfolio management company intends to provide the investment services con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-4

…ff mentioned in 1° to 4° ofArticle L. 6152-1: 1° The following provisions of the General Civil Service Code: a) Article L. 115-7 ; b) Article L. 121-3 ; c) Chapter III of Title II of Book I ; d) Secti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-45

…making a declaration to the administrative authority and obtaining a financial guarantee in accordance with article L. 1251-49.A prior declaration is also required when a temporary work contractor mov…

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