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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 242

1. General partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures and co-ownership companies of ships which have not opted for the tax regime for capital companies shall be required to provide the adminis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Roads

Article L4433-24-1-1

…particular with regard to traffic on this domain subject to the powers devolved by this code to the mayor and the prefect..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-24

…ational gendarmerie units, or by customs officers authorised to carry out judicial police duties.It may contain personal data of the kind mentioned in I of article 8 of the law of 6 January 1978, sole…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions applicable to the automatic release under constraint provided for in II of article 720

Article D147-24

…re placed outside under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions defined in articles D. 129 of the present code and D. 424-10, D. 424-11, D. 424-12 and D. 424-13 of the prison code. There…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.

Article R643-24

…t shall rule on the resumption of the judicial liquidation proceedings provided for in Article L. 643-13 after having heard or duly summoned the debtor. The decision to resume proceedings is subject t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1074-4

…the court registry shall send to the body responsible for paying family benefits, as appropriate: 1° Either an enforceable extract of court decisions or an enforceable copy of approved agreements th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-105

I.-For the nuclear activities referred to in Article L. 1333-10, the person responsible for the nuclear activity and, where applicable, the head of the establishment when a different person is involve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-1

…y of the region, department or local authority adopts the draft plan and submits it for an opinion: 1° To the associated public bodies listed in II of Article L. 4433-10, and, where applicable, to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-10

…ithin the protection perimeter for the purposes of carrying out the work provided for in article L. 1322-8 may only take place by virtue of an order issued by the representative of the State in the dé…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-135

Without prejudice to the application of articles L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code, when the investigating chamber or a trial court issues a judgment or ruling declaring a person to be…

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