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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-85

…than that provided for in articles L. 225-81, L. 225-83, L. 225-84 and L. 22-10-25 and, where applicable, those due in respect of an employment contract corresponding to actual employment. They may al…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-12

…ght holder has been lodged or accepted, customs officials may, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, inform the right holder of the implementation of this measure. They may als…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-5

…and, under the responsibility of the latter, the officers mentioned in the article 20 and in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of the article 21 may, on the written requisition of the public prosecutor, proceed a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Adjustment of reporting obligations

Article 440-1

I.-The person liable for a duty or tax recovered in application of this code, with the exception of the European Union's own resources, may either spontaneously, before the expiry of the period provid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Tax reduction granted to members of approved management centres or associations

Article 199 quater B

Holders of income liable to income tax in the category of industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits or non-commercial profits whose turnover or revenue is below the limits of the schemes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 N

…his company joins the group. If the parent company's assessment of the tax due in respect of the taxable income for that period shows that the advance payments made exceed the tax due, the excess is r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-75

…of crimes and offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11°, 11° bis and 18°, 706-73-1, excluding the 11°, or 706-74, in cases that are or would appear to be of grea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 E

…cerned and which are not exempt pursuant to 2° of article 1382.II. - The communes and the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken un…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies B

After deliberation by the municipality or the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax system, taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, the basis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

I. - (Repealed).I bis. - (Repealed).II. - The following are automatically exempted from council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence:1° Managers of you…

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