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Showing 111120 of 20783 articles for Art. CE 17-5-1999 n° 188870

French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…mercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered until the final decision has been enforced. The sequestration measure may be extended to the offender's entire assets. Receivership may be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1795

I. - The persons mentioned in Article L. 96 J of the Book of Tax Procedures who make available the software or cash register systems mentioned in the same Article L. 96 J are liable to a fine where su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Energy, mining resources and industrial development.

Article L4433-17

…ventory. They are consulted by the State on programmes for prospecting and exploiting mineral resources.However, the offshore mining inventory is drawn up and implemented by the regions.With due respe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-17

…ble for the measure may at any time appoint a doctor to check that the use of the anti-repulsion bracelet is not harmful to the person's health. This appointment is made at the request of the person o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exemptions granted by the labour inspector

Article R4228-17

The dispensation granted by the Labour Inspector is subject to the necessary measures being taken to ensure that workers enjoy hygienic conditions corresponding as far as possible to the obligations s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special allowance agreement for older workers

Article R5123-17

The special allowance is awarded at the latest until the age stipulated in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code. The conditions under which it may be combined with a retirement pension a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1772

…unting records of several clients and who is found to have drawn up or helped to draw up false balance sheets, inventories, accounts and documents of any kind whatsoever, produced for the determinatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Failure to comply with obligations to declare or pay electronically

Article 1738

1. Failure to comply with the obligation to file a tax return and its appendices electronically or to pay tax by bank transfer, electronic settlement or direct debit at the initiative of the Treasury…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179

If the judge considers that the facts constitute an offence, he or she shall, by order, refer the case to the criminal court. This order shall specify, if applicable, that the accused benefits from th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Failure to declare or late declaration

Article 1728

…taxpayer or resulting from the declaration or deed filed late, of an increase of:a. 10% in the absence of a formal notice or in the event that the declaration or deed is filed within thirty days of re…

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