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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 288

…licable to any juror who, even having complied with the summons, withdraws before the expiry of his duties, without an excuse deemed valid by the court.

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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
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 General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

…s acting as a taxable person and who has a French value added tax identification number. The amount due is identified on the declaration mentioned in article 287.2. When the services referred to in 1°…

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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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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-28

Obligations relating to occupational medicine are the responsibility of the freelance administration company.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-28

…a period of notice calculated on the basis of one day per week, taking into account : 1° The total duration of the contract including, where applicable, its one or two renewals, if it includes a spec…

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