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Showing 821830 of 57821 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-2-2010 n° 08-21.333

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 349

Any challenge to the decisions of the accounting officer of customs relating to the guarantees required of the person liable for payment may be brought, within fifteen days of notification of the repl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Distillation sites

Article 320

The following are considered to be cooperative associations: groupings of owners, farmers and sharecroppers united in professional syndicates or cooperative distillation associations, which deposit th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Distillation sites

Article 319

At the request of town councils or agricultural and distillers' unions, at least one public distillation workshop shall be opened per commune or hamlet, on public sites or premises designated by the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries

Article L775-38

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ba: Rum regime

Article 362

…to in the first paragraph may be delegated to an interprofession created in accordance with the loi n° 75-600 du 10 juillet 1975 relative à l'organisation interprofessionnelle agricole.The quantities…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387

In the event of disagreement between the legal administrators, the guardianship judge is asked to authorise the deed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39

The public prosecutor represents the public prosecutor's office at the judicial court in person or through his or her substitutes. He also represents, in person or through his substitutes, the public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the civil action

Article 375

The court orders the offender to pay the civil party the sum it determines, in respect of costs not paid by the State and incurred by the latter. The parties may produce evidence of the sums they clai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 346

Once the investigation at the hearing has been completed the civil party or his lawyer is heard. The public prosecutor makes his closing arguments. The accused and his lawyer present their defence. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 324

The president shall order the bailiff to call the witnesses called by the public prosecutor, the accused and the civil party whose names have been served in accordance with the requirements of Article…

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