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Showing 591600 of 69346 articles for Art. 150-0 A II-2 bis

French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article A160-2

Life insurance companies may, with the agreement of the beneficiary of the annuity and under the conditions specified in articles A. 160-3 and A. 160-4, redeem annuities and annuity increases relating…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or gre…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Display and distribution of decisions

Article 433 bis

For the offence provided for in Article 459(1a), the court shall order that the sentence be displayed and disseminated under the conditions provided for in Articles 131-35 or 131-39 of the Criminal Co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 decies A

Subscriptions paid to authorised associations whose purpose is to carry out preventive work to defend forests against fire on land included in woods classified under article L. 132-1 of the Forestry C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-201

The travel expenses mentioned in a of 7° of I of Article Annex 4-8 are subject to a flat-rate reimbursement equal to that provided for bailiffs in articles A. 444-48 and A. 444-49.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-2

The auction listed in number 1 of the table mentioned in Article A. 444-1 gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° In the event of judicial liquidation: to the realisation value of each i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65 bis

The right of disclosure provided for in articles 64 A and 65 is extended to customs officials responsible for the recovery of all sums collected in accordance with the procedures laid down by this Cod…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-2-2

THE BENEFIT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE R. 321-1-II (4°) DU CODE DE COMMERCE OPERATOR OF VOLUNTARY SALES OF FURNITURE AT PUBLIC AUCTION INCLUDING BY ELECTRONIC MEANS Managing director of a legal entity I,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article D2213-1-0-3

For the application of the second paragraph of I of article L. 2213-4-1, land transport is considered to be the cause of a preponderant proportion of limit value exceedances: 1° Either when land trans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665 bis

Taxpayers shall receive, no later than 1st March of the year in which the tax relating to the previous year's income is settled, an advance payment on the amount of the tax benefits provided for in ar…

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