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Showing 831840 of 56702 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 30-1-1970 n° 68-12.096

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter X: Sanitary cutting fees

Article 302 bis S

Any person who carries out bone-in meat cutting operations pays a cutting health fee to the State. The fee is collected from the slaughterer, third-party slaughterer or wild game processing plant that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZJ

The levy referred to in Article 302 bis ZG is based on the gross gaming revenue, consisting of the share of the stakes collected, in mainland France and the overseas departments, accruing to the opera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Xb: Health fees for monitoring certain substances and their residues

Article 302 bis WC

I. - A health fee is introduced for the benefit of the State for the control of certain substances and their residues. This fee is payable by: 1 (Repealed); 2 (Repealed); 3 Collection centres or proce…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZA

I. - Are subject to an additional tax to the tax on commercial surfaces provided for by the article 3 of law no. 72-657 of 13 July 1972 instituting measures in favour of certain categories of elderly…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination of registration applications

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-2

In the case provided for in article 60 of the local civil code, the court shall hear the observations of the association's management or request them before making an order rejecting the declaration.I…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-30

A recourse action may be brought by the professional who provided the digital content or digital service, against any person upstream in the chain of commercial transactions, in accordance with the pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-30

The members of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique shall keep secret both the deliberations and the documents of which they have become aware in the course of their duties.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-30

Release of all or part of the freezing order may be requested by any interested person.When the investigating judge considers, of his own motion or at the request of any interested person, releasing t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-4

The remuneration of senior executives in charge of risk management and compliance is directly supervised by the remuneration committee referred to in article L. 533-31-4 or, if no such committee has b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-5

The remuneration policy of investment firms makes a distinction, based on clear criteria, between basic fixed remuneration and variable remuneration. Basic fixed remuneration primarily reflects profes…

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