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Showing 171180 of 31723 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 17-5-2002 n° 488

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

Article R24-17

The magistrate responsible 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…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 171

A taxpayer is deemed to have filed the declaration provided for in 1 of article 170 if, at the latest one month before the date referred to in the first paragraph of article 175, which may be extended…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 176

Any notice of opposition shall state the capacity which gives the opponent the right to lodge it. It also contains the grounds for the opposition, reproduces the text of the law on which the oppositio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Obligations of agents

Article 1703

The competent public accountants may not, under any pretext, even if there is cause for expert appraisal, defer the registration of deeds and transfers for which the duties have been paid at the rates…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1750

Natural persons guilty of any of the offences relating to direct taxes, value added tax and other turnover taxes, registration duty, land registration tax and stamp duty shall be liable to the followi…

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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
2: Tax fines

Article 1765

If one of the conditions laid down for the application, as the case may be, of articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 or articles L. 221-32-1, L. 221-32-2 and L. 221-32-3 of the Monetary and Fina…

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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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