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Showing 15211530 of 20314 articles for Art. CAA Paris 28-5-2013 n° 12PA03642

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 571

The suppliers mentioned in Article 570 are required to declare each of their establishments to the administration. The department's agents may freely carry out any necessary checks inside these establ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 538

New works deposited with manufacturers and dealers with a view to sale and used works which the said manufacturers have received on deposit, for whatever reason and in particular for repair, must also…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 550

Anyone wishing to plate or duplicate gold, silver and platinum on copper or any other metal is required to make a declaration to the office of guarantee. Precious metal articles duplicated or plated w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other tobacconists

Article 502

Any person engaged in the retail sale of beverages not originating from their own harvest carries out their activity as a drinks retailer and is subject to the legislation on indirect taxation.They mu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Contributions to hallmarking and testing of precious metals

Article 530

When the title of a work brought to the mark to the guarantee service or the approved inspection body is found to be lower than the declared legal title, a new test may be carried out if the owner so…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 551

Only articles covered with precious metal to a titre of at least 500 thousandths and bearing a special maker's hallmark are entitled to the designation "plated", "doubled" or "silver-plated". Silver a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-55

When a fund management company enters into forward purchase or sale transactions involving securities which are not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-50

When a case is referred to it pursuant to article L. 626-28, the court shall rule on the basis of a report drawn up by the commissaire à l'exécution du plan. The court's decision is communicated to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-50

…he formation of a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-5

…tion measures provided for in Chapter V of Title II of Book VI of this Code, in Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 relative au redressement et à la liquidation judiciaires des entreprises…

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