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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-90

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 322-106-1, R. 322-117, R. 322-124 and R. 322-159, any company referred to in this section formed in breach of articles R. 322-46 to R. 322-64 shall b…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432 bis

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in articles 414, 414-2 and 459 are liable to the following additional penalties:1° Prohibition, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-27 o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 434

1. In the case of the offences referred to in articles 424-2°and 427-1°, confiscation may only be ordered in respect of the objects of fraud. However, the goods concealing the fraud and the means of t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 435

Where it has not been possible to seize the items liable to confiscation or where, having been seized, the customs authorities so request, the court shall, in lieu of confiscation, order the payment o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

…rt of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be deprived of the option of tran…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432

1 In addition to the penalties provided for in this Code, anyone found guilty of having participated as an interested party in any way whatsoever in a smuggling offence or an offence of importing or e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1590

If the promise to sell was made with deposits each of the contracting parties is master to dispose of them, He who gave them, by losing them, And he who received them, by returning double.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1585

…ngs sold are at the seller's risk until they are weighed, counted or measured; but the buyer may demand either their delivery or damages, if any, in the event of non-performance of the undertaking.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1589

…romise of sale is equivalent to a sale when there is mutual consent by both parties to the property and the price. If this promise applies to land already subdivided or to be subdivided, its acceptanc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1582

A sale is an agreement by which one party undertakes to deliver a thing, and the other to pay for it. It may be made by deed or by private agreement.

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