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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 56

Mining engineers may, instead of or concurrently with tax agents, be called upon to verify the declarations of taxpayers referred to in the second paragraph of Article 34 and companies operating quarr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54

The taxpayers mentioned in Article 53 A are required to produce, at any request from the administration, all accounting documents, inventories, copies of letters, receipts and expenditure vouchers lik…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 55

The tax department checks the returns. It may rectify the returns in accordance with the procedure set out in Article L. 55 of the Book of Tax Procedures (1). (1) See also Livre des procédures fiscale…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan area

Article R1424-57

For the application to the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan area of Chapter V "External fire defence" of Title II of Book II of Part Two:1° The words: "departmental fire and rescue service"…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Nullity and dissolution.

Article R6223-51

The company is automatically dissolved by a request for withdrawal made either simultaneously by all the shareholders or by the last of them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Nullity and dissolution.

Article R6223-50

The company is automatically dissolved by the simultaneous death of all the partners or by the death of the last partner.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-5

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the following provisions:1° Sections 1, 2, 5, 10, 11 and 12 of Chapter I of Title II of Book I;2° Sections 1 and 2 and sub…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Project Development Aid Commission

Article 212-52

The Project Development Grants Committee is made up of five members, including a chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Gardens and surrounding areas

Article R1331-52

Gardens and areas surrounding residential premises must be maintained in such a way as not to compromise the health and hygiene of these premises. When household waste containers and dustbins are stor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Gardens and surrounding areas

Article R1331-54

It is forbidden to keep and maintain animals of any species in communal areas of apartment buildings, or around or in the gardens of dwellings, which, due to their number, behaviour or state of health…

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