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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III

Article D46-1-4

The provisions of article D. 45-2-1 bis are applicable before the police court.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for construction insurance

Article A421-12

The amount of the contribution to the guarantee fund, provided for in I of article L. 421-10-1, is determined in accordance with the following formula, for an accounting year i :CFi = max [0; T% x (Mi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-2

…in article L. 5312-1 ; 2° The bodies mentioned in article L. 5314-1 ; 3° The bodies mentioned in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4; 4° The bodies mentioned in 2° of the same article L. 5311-4; 4° bis The De…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 G

Theatrical performances of a pornographic nature indicated in 2° of Article 279 bis may under no circumstances benefit from the exemptions from value added tax provided for by the legislative provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-144

Regulated loans, home savings loans and loans to complement or anticipate these, as well as other loans in the subsidised sector (number 138 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-5

The ownership certificate issued following the automatic dissolution of a non-trading property company that has not been registered and which results in undivided ownership between the former partners…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI : Waiver of payment and rebate in the event of death as a result of an act of terrorism, participation in an external or internal security operation or in circumstances leading to a citation in the Order of the Nation

Article 1691 ter

It is granted to heirs and, where applicable, to cohabitants liable for payment of the persons mentioned in 1° to 2° ter and 7° to 10° of I of l'article 796 :1°(Repealed);2° For income tax, a discharg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B ter

The provisions of Article 1649 quater B bis apply to declarations filed by individuals with the tax authorities (1).

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Traffic routes and access

Article R4214-16

When they are installed, the project owner must ensure that escalators and moving walkways, lifts, goods lifts, vehicle parking facilities and passenger lifts with a speed of no more than 0.15 metres…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Recovery and litigation of penalties and joint and several liability

Article 1754

…of I:1. Infringements of the obligations imposed under I of Article 268 ter and III of article 298 bis, with a view to monitoring import, purchase, sale, commission and brokerage operations involving…

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