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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 121

1. The Director General of Customs and Excise may authorise the replacement of the acquit-à-caution by any document in lieu thereof, valid for one or more operations and offering the same guarantees.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

1. Goods transported in bond or placed under a customs procedure suspending duties, taxes or prohibitions must be covered by an acquit-à-caution.2. The acquit-à-caution shall include, in addition to t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 124

1. The quantities of goods in respect of which the prescribed obligations have not been fulfilled shall be liable to the duties and taxes in force on the date of registration of the acquits-à-caution…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

The contrat unique d'insertion (single integration contract) is an employment contract concluded between an employer and an employee under the conditions set out in sub-section 3 of sections 2 and 5 o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

I. Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the contribution to a company subject to a real taxation system of a sole propri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Cash vouchers.

Article D223-1-1

The amount referred to in article L. 223-1 is set at 100,000 euros.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Prudential regime applicable to companies not covered by the Solvency 2 regime

Article A334-1

I.-The preference shares included in the solvency margin referred to in 1 of I of articles R. 334-3 and R. 334-11 must meet the following conditions: a) These shares carry financial rights defined by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1-1

The guarantee fund referred to in article L. 422-1 may request any administration or service of the State or public authorities, any social security organisation, any organisation managing social bene…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-10-1

During the period of its execution, the recorded or approved agreement suspends or prohibits all legal action and suspends or prohibits all individual proceedings against both the movable and immovabl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R421-1-1

The following may also be entered on the list of qualified persons provided for in Article L. 421-1 : 1° Subject to meeting the diploma requirements of 1° and 2° of Article R. 421-1 and provide eviden…

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