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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731

1. Gives rise to the application of a 5% surcharge for any delay in the payment of sums that must be paid to the tax administration accountants in respect of taxes other than those mentioned in Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations to declare accounts in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R721-11

In Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, credit institutions shall declare the opening, closure or modification of accounts on which cheques may be drawn and the opening, closur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-6

A Contracts Advisory Committee, set up within the National Council, is responsible for issuing an opinion on bids submitted by candidates in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 4122-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Elections and operation of regional and inter-regional councils.

Article R4124-1-1

The regional or inter-regional council elects from among its members the members who make up the restricted panel called upon to deliberate in the cases provided for in the fourth paragraph of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4122-2

When it decides to delegate the examination of the hierarchical appeals referred to in II of article L. 4124-11 to a restricted formation, the National Council shall elect the members of this formatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-18

…rticles of Association or by a subsequent deed, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 223-29. Under the same conditions, the mention of a manager's name in the Articles of Association may, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-1

…il 2022 and Articles L. 5461-6-1 and L. 5461-9 in the version resulting from Order No. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022;12° Articles L. 5462-2 to L. 5462-5-1, L. 5462-7-1 and L. 5462-8 in the version resulti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 202

…Transferred under article 1663 bis. (1) These provisions apply for the determination of results for 1999 and subsequent years.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 160

…article 157 shall, each time they are appointed, take the oath provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires before the examining magistrate or the magistrate appo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or the special allocation ident…

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