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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of carriers

Article 454

Any operation necessary for the preservation of the beverages (decanting, pouring or lowering) is permitted during transport, but only in the presence of the agents of the administration, who will not…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 982

I.-1. Taxpayers shall mention the gross value and the net taxable value of the assets mentioned in article 965 on the annual declaration provided for in article 170. They attach to this declaration sc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

A person who, without being incapable of acting himself, needs, for one of the reasons provided for in Article 425, to be assisted or controlled in a continuous manner in the important acts of civil l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I

I. - Where they do not fall within the scope of Article 757 B, sums, annuities or values of any kind owed directly or indirectly by one or more insurance and similar organisations, due to the death of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4226-2

…lectrical installations include all electrical equipment used for the production, conversion, distribution or use of electrical energy. Electrical installations are classified as follows, according to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 193

Subject to the provisions of Article 196 B, taxable income shall, for the purposes of calculating income tax, be divided into a certain number of units, determined in accordance with Article 194, acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-4

The Attorney General grants or refuses authorisation by decree to effectively exercise the powers attached to the status of judicial police officer.The authorisation is valid for the entire period of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R752-44-4

…or details. Once this one-month period has elapsed, the application for authorisation is deemed to be complete. The investigation period is three months. The investigation period is three months. It…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Discussion by the parties

Article 459

The accused, the other parties and their lawyers may file submissions. These submissions are endorsed by the president and the court clerk; the latter mentions this filing in the hearing notes. The co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Discussion by the parties

Article 461

If the debates cannot be completed during the same hearing, the court shall, by judgment, fix the day on which they shall be continued.The parties and witnesses not heard, or those who have been invit…

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