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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-31

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-21 to R. 15-33-24 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised judicial environmental officers.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-36-1

Once a year, the ombudsman and the public prosecutor's delegate send an activity report to the public prosecutor or, if they exercise their duties within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-35-1

The list of persons authorised by the public prosecutor is sent to the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Judicial public interest agreements

Article R15-33-60-3

…the legal representatives of the legal entity and, where applicable, to the victim, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. These persons are also informed in the same way of the date,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3-1

…ector does not agree with the names proposed, if no proposal is made or if the proposals are incomplete, the Director may request a new list within fifteen days. In the event of further disagreement,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 37

…e tax is nevertheless assessed on the basis of the results of that financial year. If no balance sheet is drawn up in the course of any year, the tax due in respect of the same year is assessed on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 30

…er reserves the right to use is made up of the amount of rent that they could produce if they were let. It is assessed by comparison with similar properties or parts of properties that are let on a no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 34

For the purposes of income tax, profits made by natural persons from the exercise of a commercial, industrial or craft profession are deemed to be industrial and commercial profits. The same applies,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 36

…f taxation or during the twelve-month period whose results were used to draw up the last balance sheet, where this period does not coincide with the calendar year.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 35

…he same adversary and joined in one proceeding, the jurisdiction and rate of jurisdiction shall be determined by the nature and value of each claim considered in isolation. Where the joined claims are…

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