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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z bis

…in a maximum period of twenty-four months from the date of the last work carried out in France, the final approval of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée certifying tha…

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

Article 503-1

…s declaration shall be made by the defendant's lawyer if it is the defendant who is lodging the appeal. Failing such a declaration, the defendant's declared address shall be deemed to be that appearin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

…o so, the requested person has not left the national territory within forty-five days of his or her final release, or if he or she has returned voluntarily after leaving it; 5° Where the offence is no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-31

…sion of the Investigating Chamber grants the extradition of the person claimed and this decision is final, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the Minister of Justice, who shall inform the competent au…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708

…tences handed down at the request of the public prosecutor takes place when the decision has become final. However, the time limit for appeal granted to the public prosecutor by Articles 505 and 548 d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-37

…acts for which the confiscation was ordered by the foreign court or if these acts have already been finally judged by the French judicial authorities or by those of a State other than the requesting S…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and local representative

Article L2421-3

…vent of serious misconduct, the employer may lay off the employee concerned immediately pending the final decision.If dismissal is refused, the lay-off is cancelled and its effects automatically termi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-6

…committed within five years of notification of a suspended sanction, once that sanction has become final, the court imposes the sanction provided for in 4°, it may decide that the suspended part of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-7

…thirty days from receipt of the report in which to submit their written observations. The doctor's final report must mention the action taken on the parties' observations. It must be sent within twen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-8

…t opening the proceedings. Except in cases of fraud, it may not be postponed to a date prior to the final decision approving an out-of-court settlement pursuant to II of article L. 611-8. The initiati…

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