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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-1

…eferring the matter to the liberty and custody judge in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 3211-12 of the Public Health Code in order to terminate the hospitalisation. On pain of inadmissi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-9

I. - In application of 2° of article L. 1334-15, the Prefect may require a survey to be carried out, at the expense of the building owner, to check that the measures planned or implemented under the o…

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

Article R212-7-29

The Government Commissioner obtains the opinion of the Minister for Culture, which he presents to the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique. He gives his opinion on the applications exa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A ter

I. - The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, put persons in contact at a distance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A quater

I.-In accordance with 4° of 2 of Article 293 A, the persons mentioned in II who lodge the import declaration or who appoint the person who lodges the declaration for this purpose may opt to be liable…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A bis

Non-taxable legal entities that have paid value added tax on the importation of a good may obtain a refund of the tax if they dispatch or transport that good to another Member State of the European Co…

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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 695-9-29

The investigating magistrate shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing State of any other freezing or seizure measure of which the property concerned by the freezing order is the subject.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Intra-Community transactions involving new or second-hand means of transport

Article 298 sexies A

Taxable resellers subject to the obligations set out in article 297 G who wish to benefit from the scheme provided for in article 297 A and agents are required to request, on behalf of their client or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies D

For the supplies mentioned in 1 and 2 of article 298 sexdecies B, the tax is paid by the recipient. However, the seller is jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies E

1. Taxable persons who buy and resell investment gold as defined in 2 of article 298 sexdecies A must keep, for six years in support of their accounts, documents enabling their customers to be identif…

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