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French General Tax CodeIn force
General definition of taxable income

Article 13

1. The taxable profit or income consists of the excess of the gross proceeds, including the value of profits and benefits in kind, over the expenditure incurred in acquiring and maintaining the income…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: The law.

Article 13

The judge may invite the parties to provide such explanations of law as he considers necessary for the resolution of the dispute.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 13

The judicial police are placed, in each jurisdiction of the court of appeal, under the supervision of the public prosecutor and under the control of the investigating chamber in accordance with the ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 13

The communal council for orphans is required to inform the guardianship judge of cases where a guardian or curator is to be appointed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R13

Military members of the gendarmerie referred to in 2° of Article 16 may only be authorised to effectively exercise the attributions attached to their status as judicial police officers when they are a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article D13

Officers of the judicial police assist officers of the judicial police in the performance of their duties, strictly limited to the operations prescribed to them and without being able to delegate to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A13

The technical examination for national police judicial police officers provided for in article R. 5 of the present code civil servants in the management and application corps with at least three years…

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French Commercial codeIn force
ANNEX 1-3 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)

Article Annexe 1-3

ATTESTATION PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE R. 131-1 (I, 2°) OF THE COMMERCE CODE With a view to the registration of an individual on the list of sworn goods brokers I, the undersigned Born on at, Residing at…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-3

…ée;12° For Greece:ανώνυμη εταιρία, εταιρία περιορισμένης ευθύνης, ετερόρ-ρυθμη κατά μετοχές εταιρία;13° For Hungary:részvénytársaság ;korlátolt felelosségu társaság ;14° For Ireland:the public company…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised assessment and protective measures

Article D1-3

…used person, particularly in the case of an offence committed within a couple falling under Article 132-80 of the Criminal Code.

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