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Showing 110 of 8303 articles for Art. CJEU – C-452/17 – 21 Nov. 2018

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018

The trust contract determines, on pain of nullity: 1° The assets, rights or securities transferred. If they are future, they must be determinable; 2° The duration of the transfer, which may not exceed…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 452

The judgment pronounced at a hearing is delivered by one of the judges who deliberated on it, even in the absence of the others and the public prosecutor. The pronouncement may be limited to the opera…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 452

Curatorship and guardianship are personal charges. However, curators and guardians may, under their own responsibility, enlist the assistance of third parties who are adults and not subject to a legal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 452

Witnesses give oral evidence. However, they may, exceptionally, be assisted by documents with the permission of the chairman.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article 452

The provisions of this Title XIV shall apply throughout the territory of the Republic.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 C

1. The provisions of articles 210 A and 210 B apply to transactions exclusively involving legal entities or bodies liable for corporation tax. 2. These provisions only apply to mergers, demergers and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 C

…ges provided for in 2° of 5 of article 38 and to the articles 163 quinquies B, 150-0 A, 209-0 A and 219 has not complied with its investment quota provided for in 1° of II of article 163 quinquies B,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 C

Failure to file within the prescribed period any of the declarations mentioned in article 1406, article 1496 ter, in III of article 1518 ter and in VI of article 146 of law no. 2019-1479 of 28 Decembe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Offences committed by account holders.

Article 1740 C

Unless the first paragraph of Article L. 564-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, failure by an account holder to remit, under the conditions set out in Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 C

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