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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Securities, sums or assets on deposit. Amounts due as a result of death. Obligations of depositaries or debtors

Article 806

I. - Public administrations, any establishments or bodies subject to the control of the administrative authority, companies or firms, investment service providers other than portfolio management compa…

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

Article 1649 quater B quater

I.-Corporation tax returns and their appendices relating to a financial year are filed electronically.This obligation also applies to companies belonging to one of the following categories:1° Natural…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

I.-The units of account referred to in article L. 131-1 are :1° The assets listed in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 3°, 4°, 5° and 8° of article R. 332-2 ; 2° Under the conditions set out in articles R. 131-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L.…

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

Article 1754

I. - The recovery and litigation of penalties calculated on a tax are governed by the provisions applicable to that tax.II. - The recovery and litigation of other penalties are governed by the provisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Organisation and operation of the prison integration and probation service

Article D580

The conditions under which the penitentiary integration and probation service communicates information concerning persons placed under judicial supervision to the judicial authority or reports on its…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D232

When visiting prisons, the magistrates mentioned in articles D. 131-2, D. 131-3 and D. 131-4 of the Penitentiary Code have access to detention and, where appropriate, interview detainees, under the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The respective powers of the sentence enforcement judge, the other instructing magistrates and the director of the prison integration and probation service

Article D578

The sentence enforcement judge and the director of the penitentiary integration and probation service visit each year the various hostels or accommodation organisations housing the persons mentioned b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D603

I.-The present code (simple decrees) is applicable in New Caledonia, in its wording resulting from decree n° 2023-829 of 29 August 2023, subject to the adaptations provided for in the present title.II…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Family events and the exceptional outings they may entail

Article D424

In accordance with the provisions of article D. 343-1 of the Penitentiary Code, the marriage of detainees, except where the provisions of articles D. 143 and D. 143-1 of this Code apply, is celebrated…

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