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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Permanent rules

Article 1510

The assessment rates decided either by the tax department in agreement with the communal commission or, in the absence of such agreement, by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c) Biology and Toxicology

Article R118

Maximum fees for toxicological and biological analyses are set by reference to the conventional fee rates set on the basis of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code, by applying to the values…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
f) Forensic psychology

Article R120-2

Each expert psychologist duly requested or commissioned receives remuneration or fees calculated by reference to the conventional fee rates set pursuant to article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
d) Radiology

Article R120

…ested or commissioned, is allocated remuneration or fees calculated with reference to the rates set by the common classification of medical acts. The rates for procedures specific to judicial investig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
e) Mechanical expertise

Article R120-1

…xpert is awarded, for a complete mechanical expert appraisal of one or more motor vehicles, ordered by a court sitting in Paris or in the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis or Val-de-Mar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules applicable to tax representatives

Article 302 decies

Where a person not established in France is required to appoint or have accredited to the tax authorities a representative established in France pursuant to I of Article 289 A, with the exception of r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-4

Natural or legal persons who carry out, in direct connection with their main business, an ancillary financial activity which falls within one of the categories mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2-1

When an undertaking invests, directly or indirectly, in negotiable debt securities, bonds, units or shares mentioned in 2°, 2°c or 6° of A of article R. 332-2 as well as in negotiable debt securities…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170 ter

I. - A taxpayer subject to the obligation to file an annual tax return under the conditions provided for in 1 of article 170 and who claims the benefit of deductions from overall income, tax reduction…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Personal property

Article 759

…foreign securities of any kind admitted to trading on a regulated market, the capital serving as a basis for the liquidation and payment of transfer duties free of charge is determined by the average…

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