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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special deposits.

Article 176

1. Special depots are establishments approved by the Director General of Customs and Excise and placed under the control of the customs administration in which petroleum products that have already bee…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Leasing of services.

Article 1780

Services may only be engaged for a specific time, or for a specific undertaking. A hire of service, made without determination of duration, may always be terminated by the will of one of the contracti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 173

1. The content and presentation of the declarations are specified by a decree. The names and addresses of the beneficiaries of arrears whose deduction the taxpayer claims must be compulsorily declared…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1753

The following are not eligible to take part in the work of the committees set up by articles 1650 to 1651 M, 1653 A, 1653 C and 1653 F, persons who, in connection with tax fraud or opposition to tax i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170

1. With a view to calculating income tax, any person liable to that tax is required to complete and send to the administration a detailed declaration of their income and profits, their family expenses…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Obligations of agents

Article 1704

1. The receipt of registration shall be put on the registered deed or on the extract of the declaration of the new possessor. It shall express in full the date of registration, the folio of the regist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 174

When a case is referred to the Investigating Chamber on the basis of Article 173 or Article 221-3, all pleas alleging the invalidity of the proceedings referred to it must, without prejudice to its ri…

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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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Electronic money

Article R753-17

Article R. 315-1 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1743

The penalties provided for in article 1741 :1° Any person who has knowingly omitted to make or cause to be made entries or has made or caused to be made inaccurate or fictitious entries in the ledger…

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