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Showing 471480 of 57275 articles for Art. 1233 and C. civ. Art. 444

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article Annexe article A43-6

…AL COMPENSATION 1° Life science medicine a) For a judicial visit involving one or more examinations and the filing of a report C 2.5 b) For a judicial visit involving one or more examinations of a vic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 quinquies C bis

…tés unipersonnelles d'investissement à risque mentioned in Article 208 D are exempt from income tax and, unless they are paid in an uncooperative State or territory within the meaning of article 238-0…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Territorial economic contribution rebate

Article 1647 C quinquies B

…the sum of the territorial economic contribution, the taxes for the costs of chambers of commerce and industry and for the costs of chambers of trade and crafts and the flat-rate tax on network busi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

…dinary law that publish one or more press publications or online press services providing political and general information, or one or more press publications or online press services devoted largely…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 14-1

…sures taken after the opening of an estate are applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, in conjunction with the provisions set out in Articles 15 to 17 of this Annex.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-22-1-C

…ng under their individual right to training send a request to the manager of the fund for financing and managing the individual right to training of local elected representatives mentioned in article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-12

…ner provided for in article 5. In the event that the notification is returned to the court registry and the notice has not been signed by its addressee, the notification shall be deemed to have been v…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-11

…bservations of the management or requests them by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt and seeks the opinion of the public prosecutor's office on the file thus completed.The court sets th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure

Article Annexe art. A211-11

Notice for victims of road traffic accidents involving a land-based motor vehicle The following information is intended to explain what you need to do and how you will be compensated. It has been deli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 27-1

Applications for registration may also be created and transmitted electronically, using technical procedures that must guarantee, under conditions specific to each register, the reliability of the ide…

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