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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-9

…ons referred to in the previous article, the secretary of the commission shall send a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-11

The secretary of the committee shall notify the appellant, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within fifteen days of their submission, of the conclusions of the Public Prosecutor at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-12

…provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, the person lodging the appeal shall submit, against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the secretariat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 965

The basis of assessment for real estate wealth tax is the net value at 1 January of the year: 1° Of all the property and property rights belonging to the persons mentioned in article 964 as well as to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-11

In accordance with the provisions of article R. 111-20 of the Code de l'Entrée et du Séjour des Etrangers et du Droit d'Asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum), t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-156

…le de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Records any adverse reaction suspected to be due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150, occurring in France,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-27

…ts, other than the liquidator, who took part in the sale transactions, in the case of sales of tangible movable assets (number 13 of Table 4-3) ;2° To the total amount, inclusive of all taxes, of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-7

A payment instrument is considered to be reserved for small-value payments when the deposit account agreement or the framework contract for payment services relating to that instrument specifies :- it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-8

The rights registered in the time savings account may be paid into the collective retirement savings plan or contribute to the financing of retirement benefits which are of a collective and compulsory…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 C

The advance payment provided for in 2° of 2 of article 204 A is payable:A. - Income subject to income tax in the categories of industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits, non-commercial p…

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