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

Article 298 sexdecies B

1. Taxable persons who produce investment gold or transform gold into investment gold may, as an option, make the supply of such investment gold to another taxable person subject to value added tax.2.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-1

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Additional departmental tax on tourist tax

Article L3333-1

The departmental council may institute an additional tax of 10% to the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax collected in the department by the communes referred to in article L. 2333-26 and by the pub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-30

Unless further information has been ordered, the President of the Enforcement Division shall rule within twenty days of the matter being referred to it by means of a reasoned order made in chambers. I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Resignation

Article R1237-13

The employer who finds that the employee has abandoned his post and intends to invoke the presumption of resignation provided for in article L. 1237-1-1 shall give him formal notice, by registered let…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-3

The general rapporteur and the deputy general rapporteur(s) are appointed for four years, from among members of the Conseil d'Etat, magistrates, category A civil servants and persons who can provide e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-11

I.-The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected for outstanding commitments. The outturn balance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-12

I. - The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected by the outstanding commitments.The outturn balance of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-14

The purpose of the processing mentioned in Article R. 6351-13 is to enable: 1° The submission of the declaration of activity provided for in Article L. 6351-2 and the amending declaration provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-2

I.-At any time during the preliminary investigation, the public prosecutor may, where he considers that this decision is not likely to undermine the effectiveness of the investigations, inform the acc…

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